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Show The ordermg of the Orchard. 8 Crap. III. The diners wanners ofgrafting all forts offraits ufed in onr Land, ra? He moft vfuall mannerof grafting in the ftocke is fo commonandwellknown inthis Lando euery one that hath any thing to doe with trees or an Orchard, that Ithink I fhalltake vpon meea needleffe worke to fer downe thatis fo well knowneto moft; yethow commonfoeuerit is, fome directions may profit cuery one, without which it is not eafily learned. AndI doenotfo much {pend mytime and paines herein fortheir fakes that haue knowledge,but for fuch as not knowing would faine be taught privately, Imeane,to readetherules of the arte fet downein priuate, when they would refufeto learne of a Gardiner,or other by fight: and yetIdifcom- mend not that way vntothem to learne by fight; forone may {ee more inan infant by fight,then he fhall fearn by his own practice in a great while,efpecially if hebea little practifed before he fee a cunning hand to doeiit. Thereare many other kindes ofgraf. ting, whichfhall be fpoken of hereafter, and peraduenture euen they that kaow it well, may learne fomething they knew notbefore. 1. Thegrafting in the ftocke,is, to fet the {prigge of a goodfruit into the body or ftockeof anothertree, bee it wildeor other, bee it young or old, to caufe that treeto bring forth fuch fruit as thetree bore from whence you took tht{priggé, and notfuch as the ftocke or tree would haué borne,ifit had not beene grafted, and is performed in thismanner : Looke whattree or ftocke youwill chufe to grafton, youmuftwith a {mall fine fawe andvery fharpe, whip off,orcut off the head or toppe thereof at what height you eyther thinke beft for your purpofe,or conyenientfor the tree: forif you gtafta great tree, you cannotwithout endangering the whole, cut it downefo lowto. the ground,as you may without danger doe a {talltree, or onethat is of areafonable fize ; and yet the lower or neerer the ground yougraft a young trec,thefaferitisboth foryout ftockeand graft, becaufethe fappe fhall not afcend high, butfoonegiue vigour to the graft to take and fhoote quickly: After you haue cutoffthe toppeofyour ftocke, cut or fmooththe head thereof with a fharpe knife, thatit may beasplaineand f{mooth as you can,and thencleaueit with ahammer of mallet,and witha ftrong knife, eleaueror cheffell, cither inthe middle of it ifitbe fmall, or ofa reafonablefize, ot on thefides an inch or more withinthe barke,ifit be great : into both fides ofthecleft putyour grafts, or into one if the ftacke bee fmaller ; which grafts mutt bee made fit for the purpofe onthis fafhion : Hauing made choifeofyour grafts from thetoppe branchesefpecially, or fromthefides of that tree wherof you would haue the frnit,and thatthey be of areafonable good fize, not too finall or too great for your ftockes, and of one or the fame yeares fhoote ; (and yet many doecutaninch ormore of the olde woodwith the {priggeof the laft yeares growth, and fo graft the old and young toge ther (but bothare good,and the old wood no better thenthe young) éut your grattnot toolong, but with two, three or foure eyes or buds atthe’ moft, which at the lowerof biggerend for an inchlong or more(for the greater ftockes,and an inch or leffe forthe leffer fort) muftbefocut, tharit be very thia on the one fide from the fhoulders dows ward, and thicker on the other,and thin alfo atthe end,thatit may goedowne clofe into the cleft, and reft at the fhoulders onthe head of the ftocke : but take heede thatin cutting yourgrafts your knife bee very fharpe that youdoé not rayfe any of the barke, eytherat the fides or the end,for feare of lofing both your'paines and graft, and focke too peraduenture ; and let nor yourgrafts bee made long before you fet rhem, or€ fe putthe ends ofthem in water tokeepe them frethand Cleane : when you fet chem you muft open the cleft of yout ftocke with a wedge or cheffell as moft doc, that the graft may goceafily into it, and that the barkeof both graft'and ftocke may ioyac cloferhe one tothe other, which without ftirring or difplacing mutt bee fo left in the cleft, aod the wedge or cheffell gently pulled forth; but becaufe inthe doing hereof confifteth in a manner the wholeloffe or gaine of your paines, graft and ftocke,to : Anconuenience I doc vf¢aniron-Inftrument, the forme whereofis {hoy Phe ordering ofthe Orchard: 54.3 lowiag page, marked with thelletter As, crooked atbothends,'andbtoadelik evntaa cheffeil; che one bigger; andiche-ather Jeffery, to,fitiall forts, of ftockesyahdithe ironthahdic fomewharlong-betweeneithem both; prhaz being thrufhor knocked downeinto the cleft; xyou may with youvlefthandopeniiraswideas.is frtolet in yourgraft; without {layning, which being placed ,»:thisaronmay bee pulled.or knocked vpagaine without aay moutagof yout graft: when, you haue, thus done, you mutt lay.a s60d\hand- full or more (accordiag to. thebignelle.of .your.ftocke) of; foftand wellmoiftned clay orloame, swell rempered rogéther with thort cuc hey orhorfe dung, vponthe liead of youndtdcke, aslower fomewhat lower then the.cleft, to keepe ourall Witdey raine.dr ayseifromyourgraftvatill Midfomer at thejleaft, that the grattbe thot forth fomewhat firongly, whicl»thendf youpleafe maybe remouedsand the cleftatthehead onlyifilled witha little clay-to keepe out earewigs,or other.things that may hurt your graft. Ac) The Trot: Inftrument with cheffels; atieacheend, :theone bigger) and the: ochernleflet3 to keepe the cleft ef the Tree opem vniill the! graft bee pla. cedjinthe flocke, which with aknock vpwards will be cafily taken away. B.. The fmall Penne-knife witha broad and thinne ended hafte, roraife the fides| both of the buid and the down-righeflit'in the body orarmeof.a Tree to be grafted inthe bud. MO SCUTMMMMTNTTTNTNINNNTT OTI C. Apen orquil cit halfe round to, take off a. bud from ‘the branch. D. AnTuory Inftrumentmadeto ithe fame fafhion; E, & hielde ofibraffe madcholJow before tobe put inrothe flit, to keepe it open-vneill the bud beputintoits place. F. The mannerof grafting called incifing or {plicing. G. A Ladder made with aftoole atthe toppe;-to ferue bothto graft higher or lower,andalfo togather fruit: without {poy- ling orhuiting'any buddes or branches of Trees. 1. The firtt flit in the body or arme of a Treeto be grafted in the bud withthe croffe cut at the head. 2+ The fameflit openedion both fides ready to receiue the budde thould be put there2 in :thefe fmall peeces ferue as well as trees to fhew the manner and order ofthe grafs ting. 3. The branch ofa Tree with one budde'cut ready to be taken off, and another not yer touched. 4+ The bud cleane taken offfrom the branch,boththe forefideand backfide. 5+: The graft or bud nowput into the ftocke or tree you intend to be prafted : but the binding thereof is omitted. 2. Inarchingis another mannerof grafting in the ftocke, and is mote troublefome, and more cafuall alforhen the former, and is rathera curiofiry thenany way of good Peede, certainery or profit, andtherefore vfed but of a few. Yet to thew you, the Le % map- |