136. Of grafting. 8/ 



except dere. And so is a spryng beste kepte, where 

 1 2 there is neyther manne nor foure-foted beastes within if there is 



much gprass 



the hedffe. But if there be moche srrasse, and thou were there, put in 



° _ only calves 



lothe to lose it, than put in calues, newly wained and and colts, 

 taken from theyr dammes, and also waynynge coltes, or 



1 6 horses not paste a yere of age : and let thy calues be 

 taken away at Maye ; the coltes may go lenger for eating 

 of any wodde ; but there is ieoperdy bothe for calues, 

 foles, and coltes, for tyckes or for beinge lowsy, the 



2o whiche wyl kyl them, if they be not taken hede vnto. 

 And .vii. yeres is the lest that it wil saue it-selfe, but 

 .X. yeres is best. And than the vnder bowes wolde be [Foi. S4»*-] 

 cutte awaye, and made kyddes therof, and the other 



24 wyll growe moche the better and faster. And if the 



vnder bowes be not cutte awaye, they wyll dye, and than Cutaway 

 they be loste, and greatte hurte to the sprj'nge, for they wood, 

 take awaye the sappe, that shoulde cause the sprynge to 



28 growe better. 



136. \ Necessary thynges belongynge to graffynge. 



It is necessarye, profytable, and also a pleasure, Pears, 

 to a housbande, to haue peares, wardens, and apples of cheme's, 



filberts, 



dyuerse sortes. And also cher)'es, filberdes, bulleys, buiiace, 



damsons, 



4 dampsons, plummes, walnuttes, and suche other. And &c. 

 therfore it is conuenyent to leme howe thou shalte 

 graffe. Than it is to be knowen what thynges thou 

 must haue to graffe withall. Thou muste haue a graf- Agrafting- 

 8 fynge-sawe, the whiche wolde be very thynne, and 

 thycke-tothed ; and bycause it is thynne, it wyll cut the 

 narower kyrfe, and the cleaner, for brusynge of the barke. 

 And therfore it is sette in a compasse pece of yren, 

 12 syxe inches of, to make it styffe and bygge. Thou 



muste haue also a grafiynge-knyfe, an inche brode, with Grafting- 

 a thycke backe, to cleue the stocke with-all. And also [FoI.'ss*.] 

 a mallet, to dryue the knyfe and thy wedge in-to the Mallet, and 



