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Show es ee Tbe ordering of the Orchard, 54.0 iathincene tipi r bs good purpofe grafted vpon no other Plumftocke, to rife to beeworththe labourand paine. All forts of Plums may be grafted inthe ftocke,and o maythey alfo inthe bud for [know noneof them that.willrefufe to be grafted dnthe bud, Gfad cunning bad performeit well; thatis, to take offyour bud cleanely and well, whefivou have mad choice of a fit cyon:for,as I thal fhew youanon,it is nofmall pecce.of cunning rohit your cyon that it may yeeld fit, buds to graft withall for etiery plumisnor ofalike ts nesto yeeldthem:But Apricocks cannot begrafted in the ftock for any thing that 4 I could heare or learne, but only inthe bud, and therefore let your Plum ftocke béeof areafonable fize for Apricockes efpecially, and not toofiall, thatthe graft over grow not the ftocke,. arid that the ftocke bee large enough to nourith the graft, As your Plumftockes feruetograft borh Apricockes and Plummes, fo doe they five alfovery welltograft Peaches of all forts; and although Peachftockeswill fétue to be grafted with Peaches againe, yet the Peach ftocke(as I {aid before) will not endure folongasthe Plummeftocke, andtherefore ferueth but for neceffity if-Plum flocks he notready,or athand,.or for the prefenttime, orthat they afterwards may graftthar fort of Peach ona Plumme ftocke.: formary might lofea good fruityif whenthe meete withit, and haue not Plummeftockes ready to graftit on, they couldnotbe ah fured that it would take vpom another Peach ftocke orbranch, or onthebrarich-of an Apricocke eyther.) -Plumnie ftockes will feruelikewife very well forfome forts of NeGorins; I fay, for fomefortsjand notfor all : the greene and the yellow Nedo: tin will beft chriue to be grafted immediately on a Plummeftocke 5 butche othertivo forts ofred Neorins muft not be immediately grafted on the Plummeftocke. but vps ona branch of an Apricocke ‘that hath beene formerly giafted.ona Plummeftocke the nature of thefe Nectorins being found by experience to be fo contrary to thePlug ftocke,thar it will ftexue it; arid both dye withina yeare,two orthreeatthemoft: Dis uers haue tryed to graft theft red Ne@orins vpon Peachftockes, and they haucendu: redwella while, but feeihg the Peach ftocke will notlat longit felfe, ‘being oner. weake, how canit held fo ftrong anature as. thefe red Ne@torins, which will (as I-faid before) fteruea Plum ftocke thatis {ufficient durable for any other Plumme? Apricocke ftockes from the {tones arehardly nurfed vp, and worfe to beremoned; and ifa red Nectorin fhould begrafted onan Apricock rayfed from the ftone,andnot temoued,I doubt it might happen withit asit doth with many othertreesrailed from ftonesor kernels,and not remoued, thatthey would hardly bearefruit: forthe nature of moft trees raifed from ftones or kernels, and not remouced,is to fend greatdawnc- right rootes,and notto {pread many forwards; fothatif they be notcutaway that o« thers may {preade abroad,I haue feldome {eene or known any ofthem tobeare inany reafonabletime ; and therefore in temouing, thefe great downe-right rootesareal- wayesfhred away, and thereby made fitto fhoote others forwards, Hereby you may perceiue,; that thefe redNegorins will not abideto bee grafted vpon anyother ftocke well, then vpon an Apricocke branch, although the green and the yellow-(as I faid bes fore) will well endureand thriue vpon Plums,. The fuckers or fheotes both of Plums and Cherries that rife fromtheir rootes, eyther neare their ftockes, or fartheroff, £0 that they bee taken with fome{mall rootesto them, will ferueto bee ftockes, and will come forward quickly; but ifthe fuckers haue no {mall roots whereby they may conv ptchend inthe ground,itis almoft impoffible it fhould hold or abide, Thereis another Way to rayfe vp eytherftockes to graft on,or trees without grafting. which is, by cit cumcifing a faire and fit branchinthis manner : About Midfomer, when the fappe is thoroughly rifen (or beforeifthe yeare be forward) they veto binde agood quantity ofclay. round abouta faireand ftraightbranch, ofa reafonable’good fizeot bignelle; with fomeconuenient bands,whether itbe ropes of hey, or of any otherthing,about an handfull abouethe ioynt,where the branch fpreadeth from thetree,and cutting the pie thereof reund about vnderthe place where the clay is bound, the fapis he hereby wat see from rifing, or defcending furtherthen that place fo circumcifed,whereby it vill thooteout {mall knubs and rooites into the clay, whichthey.fuffer foroabidevatill the beginning of, winter, whenas.witha fine Sawe they-cut offthat branch where it was circumciled,andafterwardes placeit.in the ground where they would haneitt0 tow,and ftake ity and bindeit faft, whichwill thooteforth roores, and will become cyther afaire treeto beare fruite without grafting, orelfea fit ocketo grafc on acculs aing Theordetng ofthe Orchard, ding tothe kinde: but oftentimesthis kinde of propagation miffeth,in that it fendeth _ not forth rootcs fufficient to caufeit ro abide any longtime. Let me yet before] leaue this narration of Plummes, giue you one admonition more, that ypon whatfocuer Plume ftocke youdoe graft,yet vpon a Damfon ftocke that youneucr ftriue to eraft for it (aboue all other forts of Plumme ftockes) will neuer giue You atree woithyour labour. It remaineth only of tone fruit, that I fpedke ofCornelles, which as yct I neuer faw grafted vponany ftocke, beingas it fhouldfeeme vtterly repugnantto thena: turethercof, to abidegrafting, but is wholly rayfed vp (as I faid betore) cyther.from theftones,orfromthe fuckers or layers. For Peares and Apples your vfuall ftockes to gtaft on are(as I faid before, {peaking ofthe nurfing vp of trees from the kernels)your Crabbe ftockes, andthey bee accepted in euery Countrey of this Land as they may conueniently be had, yet many doe take the ftockes of better fruit, whether they bee fuckers, ox ftockes rayfed from the kernels. (and the moft commonand knowne way of grafting,is inthe ftocke forallfortsof them, although fome doe vfe whipping, packing on,orincifing,ascuery one liftto callit + but now wedoein manyplaces beginto deale with Peares and Applesas with otherftone fruit, that is, graft themallin the bud, which is found the moft compendiousand fafeft way bothto preferue your ftocke from perifhing,and to bring them the foonerto couertheftock, as alfo to make the goodlierand ftraightertree, being grafted at what heightyoupleafe:) forthofe ftockes that are rayfedfrom the kernels ofgood fruit (which are for the moft part ea fily knowne from others, in that they want thofe thornesorprickles the wildekindes are armed withall:)I fay forthe moft part ; for I know that thekernels ot’ fome good fruite hath giuen ftockes with prickles onthem (which, as I thinke, was bécaufe thar good fruite was taken froma wilde ftocke that had not beene long enoughgrafted to alter his wilde nature; forthe longera tree is grafted, the moreftrengththe fruite taketh from the graft,and theleffe ftill from theftocke) being {moother and fairerthen, the wilde kinds, muft needes makea goodlier tree, and will notalter any whitthe talte ofyourfruitthat is grafted thereon, but rather adde fome betterrellifh thereunto; for the Crabbe ftockes yeelding harfh fruitc,muft giue e oftheir natureto thegrafts are fet thereon, and thereforethe tafte orrellith, as well as fome other naturall properties of moft fruits, are fomewhataltered by the ftocke. Anotherthing I would willingly give youto vaderftand concerning your fruits and ftockes, that whereasdiuers for cutofity and to try experiments haue grafted Chetries vpon Plumme ftockes, or Plums on Cherry ftockes, Apples vpon Peare ftockes,and Peares vpon Apple ftockes, fome ofthefe haue held the graft ycare, two or three peraduenture, but 1 neuer knew that euer they heldlong, orto beare fruite, much leffe to abide or doe well : beftow nog therefore your paines and timeon fuch contrary natures, vnleffe it be for curiofitie, as others hauedone : Yet 1 know that they that graft peares on a white thotne ftocke haue had their grafts feeme to thriue well, and continue long, but I haue feldome feene the fruite thereof anfwerable to the natural! wilde Peare ftocke ; yet the Medlaris knowne to thriue beft ona whitethorne. And laftly, whereas diuers doe affirme that they may hauenotonly good {tockes to graft vpon,butalfo faire trees to bear {tore of fruit fromthe kernels of Peares or Apples being prickt intothe ground, and fuffered togrow without remouing,and then eythergrafted or fuffered to growinto great trees vngrafted; and for thcir bearing of fruite, aflignea dozenortwenty ycares fromthe firft fetting ofthe kernels,and abiding vngrafted, I haue not feene orheard that expee tience to hold certaine, or if irfhould be fo, yetit is too long timeloft, andtoo much fruitalfo,to waite twenty yeares for that profit may be gainedin agreat deale of lefi¢ time, and with morecertainty.. Vato thefe inftructions let mecadde alfo one more, whichis not much known and vfed,and thatis, to haue fruit within foure or fiue years from the firft owing of your ftones ot kernels inthis manner : After your {tones or kernels are two or three yeares old, takethe faireft coppe or branch, andgraft it as you would doe any other cyon taken froma bearing tree,and looke what rare fruite,eyther Peare or Apple,thekernell was ofthat you fowed,or Pcach or Plum &c.the ftone was fet, fuch fruite fhall you haue within two or threc yeares at the moft after the grafting, if it take.and the ftocke be good. And thus may youfee fruitinfarre leffetime then to ftay vntill the tree froma kernel or ftone bearethfruit of it felfe. Zz Cy |