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543 ig , ce “The ordering ofibe Ovtbands © 
hauc hen thrive and profy per ; for the want thereof at that time, hath often killed ma- 
nicalikely tree. To ftakeand fencethem alfo if neede bee after they are new fet, 
and fo to continue fortwo orthrec yeates after, is verie expedient, left windes or other 
cafualties {poile your paines, and.ouerthrow yourhopes.. And likewife to defend 
your grafts from birds lighting onthem, to breake or difplace them, to fticke fome 
prickes or fharpe pointed ftickes longer then your graft into your clay , that fo they 
may bea fure defence of it: Asalfo to tye fome woollen cloathes about the lower end 
of your ftockes, or thruft in fome thornes into the ground about the rootes, to defend 
them trom hauing wort batkes¢ eaten iby Conies , or hurt by fome other noifomever- 
btaare ? ¥ 4% 
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yet ce pee y 4 f ‘eg Pe ate é i.e 
es 4* 2 frig igsia pe + Pex 
“Guan VII. 
- a fas | Osean ft iigmdel in Tres adam 
gshow sis sSUrbare fa gedordetait, 
~ yereaietmanekot wiles todtelfeand wisdbe' trees in ih edd inde hi 
“they may ‘bee both graceful aid frnitfull ; the one is for wall-trees , theo 
. ‘ther is for ftandards : for as their formes are ” different , fo is their keeping or 
ring. Wall trees , becat fe they are grafted lowe, and that their branches muft 
epl fhe ortacke vnto the wall to fatten them, are tobe fo kept, thatall their branches 
nay be fuffered to growe, that fhooteforthon cithet fide of thebodie, and led either 
one iteelty pad right , and one to’ lappe ouer or viider another as is conuenient, 
i tti ceces of lifts, parit in; gs of fe lt, pee es of foftleather, of other fuch like 
’ g compaffing the armes or brariches » faftened with {mallor great nailes, as 
Bena aeirer: tothe vals onely tho! ¢ buds or branches are nipped or cut off, 
1at fhoot forward, andwill not fo handfomely be brought into conformity,as is fir 
ting; yet ifthe biandlies growe toothicke, to|hinder the good of the reft, or too high 
for the wall, they may , “nay they muft be ‘cut away or loppedoff: andif anie dead 
bednichésall® hap Henao Be onthe trees, they muft be cut ett that the reft may haue 
Liber sie Refit Di uers alfoby carefully nipping away the wafteand fu- 
‘buds, doe hecpetticipercesineoifonic , without muché cutting. Thetime 
to prin or plath, or tye vp wall trees, is vfually romthe fall of the leafe, to the’ be- 
ianing of the ycare, when they begin to bloffome, and moft efj pecially a little betore 
r atcer Chriftmas: but in any cafenottoolace, for feare of rubbing off theirbuds. 
on ie Fknow ‘doe’ plath andr tye vp their wall trecs after bearing time, while the leaues 
preetic, and site exfoniiy ‘the buds are not fo cafie orapttobeerubbed fromthe 
-“‘Drar ches at thactime,’ ‘as at Chriftmas, when they are more growne : but the leaues 
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miufneedes' be very cumberfome, to hinder much both the orderly placing, and clofe 
ning ofthemto th wall. This labour you muft performe cuery yeare in its due 
i¢} fo ‘hall negle@ and jouerflipit, youthall haue much morc trouble , to 
afit order againe, then atthe firt. The ftandard trees inan Orchard 
oa : sfor wheteasthe former are faffered: noes, 
patty, voualepticcs, 
uC cara beh healed againe ; the barke’ sapere saieiy picbaheats , whereby they 
vorfe forthvir'cutting ; bur an old tree if you cut off abough, you mult cut it 
torent dleanly,and lay a fearcloth of tallow, waxe’, anda litele pitch melted toge- 
ther vpori the place, to keepe ¢ off both the winde , funne, and raine; vntillthe barke 
auc" couered it one¥ againe and in this manner you muft deale with all faci fhort 
feunps of branches, as are either broken (hort off withthe winde, or by carelefnefleor 
want 
