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generally denied : Though as yet5Cannot aflcnt to rt^ think- 
ing it an Herefie in Husbandry,obftinately to deny the defcent 
of the Sap. Befidesmany other Experiments to prove that de- 
cent, thislhaveobferved, which I never heard any other did : 
That the Graft hath influence either to corrupt or to heal 
the Stock 5 nay further, to alter and change the very nature 
and way of the growing of the Root in the earth 3 which I can- 
not fee how it ftiould do but by fending down its Sap thither* 
I have by certain Obfervation found, that Crab- (locks grafted' 
with fome forts of Fruit, which the Soil liketh not^they not the 
Soiljwill (not one or twOjbut all of that fort) Canker, not only 
in the Graft^but the Stock alio ; which if you graft again,upoa 
the former Graft ^ with a fruit liking to the Soil^ will all heal, 
and fo become Trees* And further, certain it is by my Obfer-- 
vation, that 20 Pear-ftocks being wild^grafted young with the 
lame fort of Pear^ and 20 with another; the Roots of each of 
them of one fort will grow alike ^ and fo thofe of theother* 
Generally thofe that naturally grow high, as the Bare-land* 
Pear, root deep, and all do fo : Thofe whofe Heads are bufhy 
and thick, asthe Summer £0/^ Chrefiieu, their Roots run wide> 
and are matted below 5 and all are fo. This diverfity of the 
way of growing of the Root mufr be by grafting, and could 
not be but by the intercourfe of Sap^which it receiveth from the 
Graft 5 and that cannot be, but by the return of the Sap. 
But in this I defire rather the judgement ofothers,than give 
mine own, becaufe it is of a conftant ufe to me, to be well af- 
fared herein, ForiftheSap returns not, then may I prune or 
lop my Trees in any time of the year without lofi ofSap,which 
I take to be their Blood jand that wherein their life confifts. 
Concerning the Seafon of Tranfplanti^ig , which fome diredt 
to be in oBober : I did think, and ufed to do fo alfo ^ but for 
thefe later years, 1 never begin to plant till Valentine's day, 
though I have a mild and good Winter, as this was. And I ap^ 
prove late Planting before early 5 and as yet , however the 
Spring or Summer often do prove, look fewer by mifcarriage. 
IhtColdm the Winter kills more than the Drought in Sum- 
mery however it proveth ( asthelaft of 1669 the worft 
I have known 5 ) only the Cold does the work , and we im- 
pute it to the drought, becaufe they languifli un.til Summer 
upon the fatal blow they receive by the Cold in Winter 5 and 
