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Show ‘Lhe ordering of the Orchard. acne your lowebtrees,that they may beasit were a fhelter or defence on the: North 6 Eafe fides Thusinay youwalfo plant Apples among Plums:and Cherries » foras youfisher noroneto oucr-growe or ouer-toppe another ; for by! pruning’, lopping , and thied. ding thofé that growe too fat fortheir fellowes, youmay fill keepe yourtrées fuch aconforinity, as may: be both moft comely forthe fight, atc: matt profitable in forthe yeelding ofgreater andbetterftorc offruit) Orhenforts of fruit trees you may mixe among the{e, ifyoupleife; as Filberds, :Cornelliam Ghertiesin ftanderds ) andMed. icrs: butSeruice trees; Bayctrees.pand othersofthat high fort; muftbefet to guard thereft. T hushaue Iigiven-you the fairett fonme couldasyet be denifeds and from this patterne, ifyou doenot followit precifely,, iyeuby it you may Proportion your Ox, chard; beit largeorlitcle;be it;walled.or hedged. CHa p. III. © ny” © © OP hutut/WP SorBye?Bod fron? owing the kernel oe ~ Q “7 é ae oO Se fitft opRes to ghafiupen, © € s, and planting. . ¢ Lultough Iknow thegreaterfort (I nredhe the Nobility Gentric ofthis Land) doc not intend tokeepea Narfe and better patrofthe ry, hat they mean€toplartttheir wats or Orchards withal toraifevp thofertees Teadygrafiféd tothéir handgif thei) that ngake thei liuing l; but to bay them alGentlemenand others are much delighted to betowe their ofit :yyetbecaufémany felues$and efteeme theitowne labours and handie wérke paines'insrafting themthéir incouragemefit and fatisfaGiofy I wilbhere febdo farreaboue othier mens:ifor wne ons, to enablezhemtoggife an Orchard of all fores offrb fome conuenient direaiitsquieklyjboth by:fowing the kernels or ftones offruit,aid by making choif@ofth ebelt fortsiof ftockesto graft Oms Firftthereforéto begittwith Qherries3 If you Will tnakea Nurfery , whereia you maybee flored with plenty.of ftackes in’ little , take what quantitieyou thinkegood of ordinarie wilde-blacke Cherrig ftones{pace , cleanf fewe them, or piicke théfin on€by one@napéece ofgrou ed from the berries, and ndwellturned yp, and large cnoughfor the quantitie of ftonegyou widl beftow ethereon 5 fromthe midfof : to the end ofean: Auguftva hi h When they aretwo September, whit orthree ycaresoldjacCotding t@bheir gtowth, yOu may Wefhoue theni, atid‘fer rowes, hauing pruned their tops.and their roots, which them anewin fome orderly atthe next yeares growthalterthenew planting in‘any good ground, erdtth e fecond » Will be offufficientbigneffe to graft vponin the bud whatf@rts of Cherr iesyou thinke beft sand itis ftteftto ptatechenrtihs'yourg ? that ptunifigyour ftockes to rai ethem high, you maygralt theniat fiue or fix foote high, or higher, or lower 3-as you fhall fee good, and being thus grafted in thebud, will both more {peedily and fafcly bring forward yourgrafts, and with leffe danger of lofing yeur ftocke s 3 themby grafting them inthe ftocke: for if the bud take not by inoculating the firft yeare’; yetyour tree isnotloft, nor putin any hazzard of loffe ; but maybegra fted anew the yeare following if you will; inanother 'place thereof, whereas ifyou graft inthe ftocke,and it doc not take, it isagrest chance ifthe ftockedye not wholly,or at leaft be not fo weakened bothin frength and Keight, thatir willno t beefit to bee grafted ayeare or two after, Inthe fame man heras you doe withthe blacke, you may deale withthe ordinary Englith red Charvie ftones, orkernels, but they arenot foapt to growe fo fttaightand high, nor in fo fhort =timeasthe blacke Cheitie {tones are, and befides are (ubiectin timeto bring'out fackers from the reotes , to the hinderanceof the deformitie of your Orchard, and morétroubleRockes and grafts; orat the Icaftrothe tothe Gardiner. to pull or diggethem away. Plumme ftones may bee ordere d in this mantier likewife, but youmuft make choife of your Plums ;foralthough euery Plumm cisnot fof forthis purpofe; ashe white Peare Plamme,becaufe itgrowetht heeoalchand eeft,thebarke being {mooth andaptelt to be raifed, that they may be grafted vpon s yet diners other Plummes may Aer Seedy We ; : betaken, if they be notat hand, of tobe had,as the blacke ande t redaPcare ; Plumme,aki the white The order ingofthe Orchard, $39 white and red’ W heare Plumme,becaufe theyare neareft in goodneffe vntoit. Peach ftones will be foone raifed vpto graft other forts ofPeaches or Nectorins vpon., but themature ofthe'Peach roste being:fpongie , is not toabide long, ‘As for Almondé, they will beraifed fromtheir tones to betrees ofthemfelues ; but they will hardly abidethe remouing,, andleifetobeegrafted vpon. Apricockeftonesarethe wort to dealewithallof any fort of ftone fiuie; for although the Apricocke branches arethe fitteft tockes to graft Nectorins ofthe beft forts vpon, yet thofethatare raifed from the kernels or ftones will acuer thriuetobe brought onfor this purpofesbut will ftarue anddye; orhardly:growin. along time tobe ftraight and fit tocke to be grafted, if it beonceremoued. Your Corncllian Cherrietreesarewholly,orforthe moft part rais fed fromthe ftones or kernels; yet I know:diuers doeincreafe them,bylaying in their loweft branchesito taks roote: and thus much forftonefruits. ‘Nowfor Apptesand Peares, to be dealewithallin the fame tnanneras aforefaid. They vfeto take the pref= fing of Crabsiwhereas Veriuyceis made, as alfo of Cidarand Perry wherethey are made and fowing them , doc raife vp great {toreofftockes ; for althoughthebeating of the fruit doth {poile many kernels, yetthere will bee encughleft that were neuer toucht, and that will {pring : the Crabbe ftockes fome preferre for the fitteft, but Tam fre, thatthe better Appleand Peare kernels will growé fairer, ftraighter, quicklier, and better co beigrafted on. You muftremember, thatafter two orthree yeares you take v p chefcftockes, and when youhaue pruned both toppe and roote, tofetthem a= gtinein a thinner and fitterorder , tobe afterwards grafted in the bud while they aré young,as I {hall few youby and by, orinthe ftocke if you will fuffer tiem to growe greater. Nowlikewife to know whichare the fitteft ftockesofall forts to choofe, thereon to graft every of thefe forts of fruits, is 4 point of fome skill indeede, and therefore obferue them as I doc here fetthem downe: for bee youaflured, that they atecertaine rules, and knowneexperiences , whereunto you-may truft without being deceiued: Your blacke Cherrie ftockes (as I faid before) are the fitteft and beft for all forts of Cherries long to abide and profper, and euen May’ or early Chertywill abide orline longer, being grafted thereon, ecitherinthe budde orin the ftocke , then pathe ordinary red Cherry ftocke; but thered Cherry ftocke isina manner ve onely tree that moft Nurfery men doe taketo graft MayCherries onin the ftocke (forit is but alate experience ofmany,to graft May Cherries inthe bud) manyalfo ~ graft May Cherries on Gafcoigne Cherry ftockes, which doe not onely thriue well, =m durelonger'thenvpoa any ordinay Cherry ftocke: Fot indeede the May ,C ee that are grafted-vpon ordinary red Chertie ftockes, will hardly holdaboue a lozen yeares bearing well, although they come forwarderat the firft, that is, doe cp foo» nerthen thofe that are grafted on Gafcoigne or blacke Cherry ftockes; = = oan tarlierin bearing, fothiey are foonerfpent, andthe Gafcoigneand _ ¢ a ftockes that arelonger incomming forward, will laft twice or thrice th a “ mary moregrafts will miffe in grafting ofthefe, then of thofe red Cherry ; “ wes befides, thenatures ofthe Gafcoigne and blacke Cherry ftockes areto rife hig ie make agoodlicr tree then the ordinary nc benitheebthen -. Eton act? t err ide; but rifechnorvery high. The Englifhre ~ rank any otherfort ofCherty vpon, vnc hetdd a aittedes and I know no other greater inconuenience init,the ninen Goer wy fromthe roote, which'yet by looking vnto may foone ween eee harme, and that it will'notlaft fo long asthe Sete ete Se oat 4 & Se 3 ; May-Cherries thus grafted lowe, doe moft vfually cructo ep no6: ftandards, tiers yet fome gtaaftthem thee ante say watealthough ieee Pianvpon’ aaahigh i on the fruiti the earliers ring ily Gaall;chougheatly many, and iris, Ithinke, rather curiofity (if they that dc at caufeththem thus to doe’: forthe fruit is naturally {mall,thoug ly readeca coauids arealwaies later then the wall ww ape _ od {pare any roome for themat their wals, they will not plant anny va ne 6 fel fay rie wtiee concerning Plummes (as {aid before) forthe fowing or gory 7 here fortheir choife in grafting of them , citherin the budde ot “ ae mae ocke; and the otherthere mentioned , butefpecially the P well to ¢eraft all fort of ft as well ‘all & Racks; preemie goodlieft, reft, ofallthe freeft , and: fiereft Plumme is the : 1yj-and to afi Plummes vpon, asalfoto graft Apricockes y which can be handfomely sooth |