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a | ramembr eh ip the former acid ; pats 
be fpoken of, Forthe gratting of all forts of trees inthe ftocke,the moft vfuall: 
time is from themiddle of February vatill the middle of March, as the yeare 
and the countrieis more forward or backward, with vs about London wee neuer pafle 
_ midde March : but becaufethe May Cherrie is firftripe, and therefore ofa very fors 
ward nature, it doth require to be grafted fomewhat fooner then others, The time of 
i gathering likewi(e, or cutting your grafts for grafting in the ftocke, isto pedir 
that they bee not long'garhéred ‘betore they bee grafted; for feate of bein 
which commend, how{ocuer diuers fay, ifthey belong kept they are pie are nig worfe; 
and therefore if you be forced to haue your grafts from farre, or by fome other chance 
to keepethem | sarefullto: keepe them moift, by keeping their ends 
moift clay ; buti Det hand ele S&notimel fay afterthe cutting g of them. 
grafting, buteitherthe fame, or the next day, or veric Lei af inthe meane 
being put into the ground to keepethem frefh,. The graftstaken from old Cre b . 
caufe they are ftronger,and fhoote forth fooner , aretobeef paeies thenthole 
etwo, and fome- 
Ts time of pate manners Saf gts inp beinie not rmentioned before, rauft hete 
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that aretaken from younger trees : of agood. branch may bee ma c= 
times three grafts fufficient for anie reafonable ftocke, Forwhippine, :, the ti time is 
‘fomewhat later then grafting in the ftocke, becaufe itis performed on. you tite 
_ which(asI faid before) doe not fo early bud or fhoote Vea the eldet,... Inare 
| beng os nce cyst am waite: geattir ears he tn ¢ 
Pe ta yiany ye pn a -refore need not here 
 againetobe repeated, ree ebndsaiisbe at aid Ore ote forth when o- 
thers do(foasit holdeth green) it may perchancefhoot outa mot 
well,or elfe after Midfummer, when fecondtime of f : > alter Spring ap: 
peareth: bur hane anefpaciall care,shat yon take not lacha ge that fhal hane nothin 
but buds for Gowers spoms,anshactan ever bud orleans wbichyou mut DC Caren 
full co.diftinguifh) for fucha graft after it hath fhot out the flowers muft of nec a 
dyc, not having wherewith to maintaine it felfe. Alfo if your goodgrafi 
~ netrake, , ic doth hazzard your ftocke at the firit time, yetmanic ftockes doc rec: 
be grafted the fecond time ; buttwiceto faile is deadly which isnorfoin the CARO 
tating of buds in he greenetice « forif you! ein orthree times 
cuctie wound being {mall, andthe tree {till growing greene, will quickly: recouer i, 
and nothe afterwards {een.Some v{eto g isn ce Rogie the fame are yam 
the {tacke,te fanettime,éca fecond checks by. graftingsbut like bette: both in graft 
 imthe ftocke,and inthe bud alfo,thacyour-trees might be planted in the places wher 
pani heen adsl aft before you graft them,that 
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poustion well turned vp ; and that the auee bee pat saa va oh tes, 
tendon, wel ed ‘and afterwards gently troden downe, that no hollownefle 
remaine ainong the rootes: as alforhat eiaine (ifthetime be not oucrmoift) the re 
may befome water powredto therootes to moiften and faften them the better; 
in ss time of Summer, after the ferting; let them not want moifture 5, iftyouwil 
