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Shield or Ef cocheon, with the lower erid alittle fharp s next take off 
the Bark on the other fide, and with aquill, cutin che fathion of a 
{coop an inchlong, take off the Bark and bud dexteroufly , that you 
leave not the root behind; for if you fee a hole under the bud on the » 
infide, caft it away and prepare another ; the Shield beirig thus made 
ready, hold it in your mouth by the end of the ftalk 5; untill with the 
flat end of your knife you have raifed the Bark of the ftock on either 
fide the flit; fufficient to receive the Sheild; which put in with care 
between the Bark and wood, thrufting it dowsi untill the top joynta 
the crofscut, then bind it clofe with Baft taken ont of a Ruf fia Mat} 
or Woollem yarn; fo that the bud may fit clofe to the ftock ; there is 
another way more ready than this, which Ihave long ufed with fuc- 
cefs, itdiffers ofiely from the former, in that from the crofs cut, the 
Bark is flit upwards, and the Shield formed , and put in accordingly; 
Jeaving the end below the bud, longer then may ferve, and after itis 
-thruft up as high as is neceffary, cut off what is fuperfluous; at the 
¢rofscut, with which the end muft joyn ; than bind it as the fount, 
T here are other ways of | ing, bur.thele twoat 
the later the more expedite and eafie to be performed. 
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, The beft time to Znocslate is in the evening of a fair day; inadry 
feafon, for rain falling on the buds before they have taken, will de- 
ftroy moft of them, after three weeks you may citt away the bind- 
ihg, andin March following the head of the ftock, three fingers 
above the bud; which being well grown, cut clofe,that the ftock may 
cover, ei 
In placifig of grafts or biids in ftocks, you mut corifider what Trees 
you intend them for; either ftandards,or for walls, and fo graft or bud 
°) cordingly ; as alfo to lodge them on that fide of 
expofed tothe ftrongeft winds ; to prevent 
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the ftock which is moft expoft 
their beirtg blowm out or loofened, 
When your Grafts are grown half ¢yardhigh ; thofe you find in- 
élined to fhoot up in one lance , pinch off their tender tops, which 
will prevent their mounting ; and caufe them to put forth fide-bran- 
ches ; in March following, prune away thofe are {malljand what you 
find fuperfluous; cutting the long lances clofe behind 2 bud, a thing 
always to be obferved in pruning, 
If the ground of your-Nurcery be good, and kept from Weeds by 
often rare moft ef thefe Grafts (efpecially the xftone-fruits) will 
be ready to tranfplant within a year ertwo ; but Pearsand Apples 
grafted on the forementioned ftocks, to form Dwarf , or wall-Treesj 
sowing flowly, require more time, and not to be removed untill che 
Rocks are covered, | 
‘The beft time to tran{plant and fet Trees ; is about the middle of 
OGober; which muft be carefully takenup, that the roots be noreat 
or broken, but before they arefet, you muft cut off fuck roots arr 
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