J, Bhdbtn 3^4/ jan ingenious and eKpert planter in Lemper^ 
fuppofeth 5 that the fitteft time to inoculate is prcfently alter 
mid-fumnaer, becaufe f /^/V^ ^0 the Sapdefcencs-, hut I fay , 
Becaufe 'tis then moft plentiful , and begins to jelly. The 
fame adfcribesit to the fapafcending^to take thebud inoculat- d 
before mid-fummer^ and to the Sap defcending ^ to take it /^/i^^r 
mid'fummer. The time he limits to a few days before mid-fum- 
mer , and to 8. or lo. dayes after ir, Mr. jiuflm limits 14 
dayes before, and many after-, and would have the bud un- 
ty'd after 14. days, as I remember. 
4, It is all one, whether the Sap be exhaufted below, by 
being converted into wood, roots^or other ufes^ or by diver- 
fion, as when the branch is cut, or the bark opened below: 
The Sap in both cafes defcends or rather finks indifferently to 
fupply the defeft , and heal the wound 5 and fo it corns to 
pafs J that there being about mid-furamer the greateft plenty 
offap in apple-trees, a bud then inoculated will thrive 5 cfpe- 
cially before Hmid-fummer 5 for then it drawes its fliare in the Sap 
afcending , and, ail the neceflary ufes of the upper branches 
being ferv'd , it partakes of the flood of the abounding andfu- 
perfluousSap, remitted to it from them. 
. 5. Hence I conclude , that to gird a tree at a convenient dif- 
tance above the inoculated bud before mid-fummer ( fo as is 
pra(5lifed to ^^ay the bleeding of Vines, to gird them below) 
is an experiment worth trying ^ that we may know, whether 
it will caufe a ftronger fhoot of an inoculated bud or no^ Or 
whether it be better , to cut off the head of the ftock above 
the iaoculated bud 5 which my friend informes me will make 
a better fhoot, than, in the ufuai inoculation, if this be done 
a few dayes before mid-fummer. Further 5 when you girdj 
it muft be tryed infeveral trees, whether girding long before 
mid-fummer will not flay the afcent of the fap, and cutting 
of the head , much more Whereby time may be gained by 
retarding thefeafosi of inoculation 5 to their benefit, who have 
very many to inoculate 5 and in wet feafon to flay for dry wea- 
ther, onely fit for this work, 
6, If then the Sapinit'sfubfidingbe fo confiderable in the 
matter ©{inoculation, itfeems, that inoculation will hold bcfl 
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