40° The ordering of the Orchard. 
good purpofe grafted vpon noorher Plumftocke, to rife to beeworth theJabour and 
aine. All forts of Plums may be grafted inthe ftocke,and fo may they alfo inthe bud, 
or I know none'of them that will refufe to be grafted in the bud, if a cunning hand 
performe it well; that is, to take off your bud cleanely.and well; when you hatiemade 
choice ofa fit cyon:for,as I thal fhew you anon, it is no.{mall peece of cunning to chufe 
your cyon that it may yeeld fit buds to graft withall,for euery plum isnot of alikeapt- 
nes to yeeld them:But Apricocks cannot be grafted in the ftock forany thing that cuer 
I could heareor learne, but only:inthe bud, and therefore let your Plum ftocke bee of 
areafonable fize for Apricockes.efpecially,.. and not too fmall, that the graft. ouer- 
grow not the ftocke, and that,the ftocke bee large enough to nourifh the graft. 
As your Plum ftockes feruetogtaft both A pricockes. and Plummes, fo doethey fetne 
alfo very wellro graft Peachesof allfortss:, and although Peach ftockes will ferue to 
be grafted with Peachesagaine,yet the Peach ftocke(as I faid before) will not endure 
folong asthe Plumme ftocke; and therefore ferneth but forneceffity.if Plum ftocks be 
not ready,or athand, or. forthe prefenttime, orthat they afterwards may graftthae 
fort of, Peachona Plumme ftocke : formany mightjlofea good fruit, if whenthey 
mectewith it, andshauenot Plumine ftockes ready to graft it on, they could not beaf- 
- fared that it would take vpon another Peach ftocke,orbranch, *or onthe branch of 
an Apricocke eyther.; «Plummie ftockes will feruelikewife very well for fome forts 
of Nedctorins ; [fayjfor fomefortsjandnot forall : thegreene and the yellow Neco 
rin will beft chriueto be grafted immediately. onaPlumme ftocke, butthe othertwo 
forts ofred Netorins muft not be immediately grafted onthe Plumme ftocke,but vp- 
onabranch of an Apricocke that hath beene formerly grafted ona Plumme ftocke, 
the nature of thefe Necorins being found by experience to be fo contrary tothe Plum 
focke, that it willfterue it, and both dye withina ycare,two orthreeat the moft : Di- 
red well a while; but feeing the ke will not lat long it felfe, being ouer- 
weake, how can it hold To ftrong anatureas thefe red Nectorins, which will (as L {aid 
before) fterue aPlum ftocke that is fufficient durable for any other Plumme ¢ 
- Apricocke ftockes from the ftones are hardly nurfed vp, and worfe to be remoned, 
and if red’ Nedtoria fhould begrafted onan Apricock rayfed from the ftone,and nor 
remoued,I doubt it might happen withit as it doth with many other trees raifed from 
ftones or kernels, and not remoued, thatthey would hardly bearefruic: forthe nature 
of mofttrees railed from {tones or kernels, and notremoued, isto fend great downe- 
right rootes,and notto {pread many forwards; fothatif they benot cut away that o- 
thers may {preade abroad, I haue feldome {eene or known any of them tobeare inany 
reafonable time ; and therefore in remouing, thefegreat downe-right rootesareal-. 
wayes fhred away, and thereby made fitto fhoote others forwards. Hereby you may 
well, then vpon an Apricocke branch, although the green and the yellow (as I faid be- 
fore) will well endureandthriue vpon Plums, The fuckers or fhootesbothof Plums 
and Cherries that rife fromtheir rootes, eyther neare their ftockes, or farther off, fo 
that they bee taken with fome {mall rooresto them, will feructo bee ftockes, and will 
come forward quickly; but if the fuckers haue no {mall roots whereby they may com- 
prehend intheground, itis almoft impoffible it fhould hold or abide. There is another 
way to ray fe vp eyther ftockes to graft on, or trees without grafting, which is, by cir- 
cumcifing a faireand fit branch in this manner : About Midfomer, when the fappe is 
thoroughly rifen (or before ifthe yeare be forward) they vfeto binde a good quantity 
of clay round abouta faire and ftraight branch, ofareafonable good fize or bignefle, 
with fomeconuenient bands,whether it be ropes of hey, or of any otherthing,about 
-anhandfullaboue the ioynt,where the branch f{preadeth from thetree,and cutting the 
barkethereof round about vnder the place where the clay is bound, the fapis hereby 
hindered from rifing, or defcending further then that place fo circumcifed,whereby it _ 
will fhoote out {mall knubs and rootesintothe clay; which they faffer foto abide vn- 
till the beginning of. winter, whenas with a fine Sawe they cut off that branch where 
it was Circumcifed,and afterwardes placcitinthe ground wherethey would haue it to 
grow, and ftake it; and binde it faft, which will fhoote forth roores, and will become 
eyther a faire treetobeare fruice without grafting, oreMea fit ftocke to grafton megs ; 
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