till the whole Cut or Incifion, be- 
fides the Eye, which may not be 
covered, be wound up, en 
We mut preferve this Work 
with great carefulnefs againft Rain 
~ and Inwatering, that it may not. 
be fpoiled, becaufe nothing is 
more hurtful to the new. infec 
Eye; wherefore thofe Trees are 
fet under fome Shed or Shelter to 
ne 
ie Binding fhall ftand about 
three Months, till ye fee the O- 
~ culation hath taken, and the Bud 
begins ta {well ; thenthe Binding © 
j loofened.a little. ; 
x Fae Work ftand all Winter 
to the Spring, and when in the 
Month of April the Oculation is 
H 4 yet 
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maimed and flight, we put the 
Oculation at the bottom of the 
fame, not far above the Ground ; 
for then by means of this Inacula- 
ting we may raife ftreight and 
fair Trees ; as we fee this among 
the Practitioners in Brabant, who 
chufe for this thofe that are flourz 
_ hing and thrifty,which can fhoot 
inone Year three Foot high and 
more. Lortobis 
We mult not pluck off the 
Leaves which ftand along the 
new fhot out Sprout, or. Twigg, 
but leave them on till they fall off 
,.themfelves ; for by the Leaves is 
the Sapp kept in full Strength and 
Vigour from the bottom to the- ; 
Top. 
Thefe tender Shoots may be 
kept ftreight, by putting a Stick 
bythem, and with binding fo 
ordered, that thereby the Plate 
form is ‘laid for the bringing 
forth » 
The Belgick 
yet Green and Thriving ; then it 
is good,and there ishope of Grow- 
ing, and fhall doubtlefs fhoor out 
in May or June; but before ir 
comes thus far, and as foon as we 
perceive that the 8ud is good,and 
makes it felf ready to fprout our, 
‘we muft Cut or Saw the Stock off — 
two Inches above the Qculation, 
that all the Sapp and Nourifh- 
ment may come'to the new Nurfe- 
Child, and the Shoot the more . 
Rtrongly put forth: When the 
fame, the following Year, is 
ftrongly fhor, then take the reft 
of the remaining Stock. away to 
a little above the Inoculation, and 
cure the Wound with ‘Grafting 
wo Wax. ‘ 
If the Oculation be put upon 
an high and ftreight Stock, we fet 
two or three, or four Oculations 
roundit, to make a good and re- 
gular Head: But if the Stock be 
; ra . maimed 
Tua The Belgick 
forth of fair and flreight Trees. 
For according to the ftreight- 
nefs and fairnefS of the Stock, we 
do hére in this Country ‘many 
times efteem' the Tree, and this 
_ isthe means to bring them to it, 
from their Youth while they ‘are 
tender. 
To Inoculate is none of the 
leaft Delights of this Pradtife, for > 
we do fomething that feems al-. 
moft unconceiveable, thar an 
whole Tree is forced by means 
ofa thin little Shell, and a fingle 
Bud, to leave and change itsown 
Nature, andtobring forth other 
ftrange Fruits, ang 
It would be convenient here, 
and {uit wellto fhew how this Us 
nion is made,and this great Work 
performed in a finall ‘Compafs, - 
how a Tree is compofed of little 
Particles, which ‘are like many 
thin Fibres, or thin Strings, a- 
ii long 
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