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ding to the kinde : but oftentimes this kinde of propagation milTeth, in that it fendeth 

 not forth motes futiicient to caufe it to abide any long time. Let me yet before I leaue 

 this narration of Plumules, giue you one admonition more, that vpon whatfoeucr 

 Plumme llocke you doe graft, yet vpon a Damfon ftocke that you neuer (triue to graft, 

 for it (aboue all other forts of IMumine Itockes) will neuer giue you a tree worth your 

 labour. It remaineth only of llone fruit, that I fpeake of Cornelles, which as yet I ne- 

 uer law Drafted vpon any llocke, being as it (hould feeme vtterly repugnant to the na- 

 ture thereof, to abide grafting, but is wholly rayfed vp (as I faid before) eyther from 

 the (tones, or from the fuckers or layers. For Peares and Apples your vfuall Itockes to 

 graft on are (as I laid before, fpeaking of the nurfing vp of trees from the kernels) your 

 bbe ftockes, and they bee accepted in euery Countrey of this Land as they may 

 conueniently be had, yet many doe take the (tockcs of better fruit, whether they bee 

 fuckers, or Itockes rayfed from the kernels (and the moft common and knowne way 

 of grafting, is in the llocke tor all forts of them, although fome doe vfe whipping, 

 packing on, or inciting, as euery one lift to call it : but now we doe in many places be- 

 gin to ilcalc with Peares and Apples as with other ftone fruit, that is, graft them all in 

 the bud, which is found the molt compendious and fafeft way both to preferue your 

 Itocke from perilling, and to bring them the fooner to couer the ftock, as alfo to make 

 the goodlier and Itraighter tree, being grafted at what height you pleafe :) for thofe 

 Itockes that are rayfed from the kernels of good fruit (which are for the moft part ea- 

 (ily knowne from others, in that they want thofe thornes or prickles the wilde kindes 

 are armed withall :) I fay for the moft part ; for I know that the kernels of fome good 

 fruite hath giuen ftockes with prickles on them (which, as I thinke, was becaufe that 

 good fruite was taken from a wilde ftocke that had not beene long enough grafted to 

 alter his wilde nature ; for the longer a tree is grafted, the more ftrength the fruite ta- 

 kcth trom the graft, and the lefTe ftill from the ftocke) being fmoother and fairer then 

 the wilde kinds, mult needes make a goodlier tree, and will not alter any whit the tafte 

 of your fruit that is grafted thereon, but rather adde fome better rellifh thereunto ; for 

 the Crabbe Itockes yeelding har(h fruite, muft giue part of their nature to the grafts are 

 let thereon, and therefore the tafte or rellifh, as well as fome other naturall properties 

 of moft fruits, are fomewhat altered by the ftocke. Another thing I would willingly 

 giue you to vnderftand concerning your fruits and ftockes, that whereas diuers for cu- 

 riolity and to try experiments haue grafted Cherries vpon Plumme Itockes, or Plums 

 on Cherry ftockes, Apples vpon Peare ftockes, and Peares vpon Apple ftockes, fome 

 of thefe haue held the graft a yeare, two or three peraduenture, but I neuer knew that 

 euer they held long, or to beare fruite, much lefle to abide or doe well : beftow not 

 therefore your paines and time on fuch contrary natures, vnlefle it be for curiofitie, as 

 others haue done : Yet I know that they that graft peares on a white thorne ftocke 

 haue had their grafts feeme to thriue well, and continue long, but I haue feldome feene 

 the fruite thereof anfwerable to the naturall wilde Peare ftocke ; yet the Medlar is 

 knowne to thriue beft on a white thorne. And laftly, whereas diuers doe affirme that 

 they may haue not only good ftockes to graft vpon, but alfo faire trees to bear ftore of 

 fruit from the kernels of Peares or Apples being prickt into the ground, and fuffered 

 to grow without remouing, and then eyther grafted or fuffered to grow into great trees 

 vngraf ted ; and for their bearing of fruite, affigne a dozen or twenty yeares from the 

 firft fetting ot the kernels, and abiding vngrafted, I haue not feene or heard that expe- 

 rience to hold certaine, or if it lliould be fo, yet it is too long time loft, and too much 

 fruit alfo, to waite twenty yeares for that profit may be gained in a great deale of lefle 

 time, and with more certainty. Vnto thefe inftruclions let mee adde alfo one more, 

 which is not much known and vfed, and that is, to haue fruit within foure or fiue years 

 trom the firit fowing of your (tones or kernels in this manner : After your (tones or 

 kernels are two or three yeares old, take the faireft toppe or branch, and graft it as you 

 would doe any other cyon taken trom a bearing tree, and looke what rare fruite, eyther 

 Peare or Apple, the kernell was of that you fowed, or Peach or Plum &c. the ftone was 

 let, fuch fruite (hall you haue within two or three yeares at the moft after the grafting, 

 if it take, and the ftocke be good. And thus may you fee fruit in farre lefle time then to 

 ftay vntill the tree from a kernell or (tone beareth fruit of it felfc. 



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