The ordering of the Orchard. 
haue'them thriue and profper ; for the want thereof at that time, hath often killed ma- 
nic a likely tree. T o flake and fence them alfo if neede bee after they arc new fet, 
and fo to continue fortwo orthrec yeares after, is verie cxpcdient,left windes or other 
cafualties fpoileyour paines , and ouerthrow your hopes. And likewife to defend 
your grafts from birds lighting on them , tobreakeot difplacethem , toftickefome 
prickcs or fharpe pointed flickes longer then your graft into your clay , that fo they 
may be a fure defence of it : As alfo to tye fome woollen cloathes about the lower end 
of your (lockes, or thruft in fome thornes into the ground about the rootes, to defend 
them from hauing their barkes eaten by Conics , or hurt by fome other noifomever* 
mine. 
Chap. V II. 
Obfer nations for the dr ef sing end vstU keeping of Trees And An 
Orchard ingoodorder. 
T Here are two manner of whales to drefle and kcepe trees in good t»rdcr, that 
they may bee both gracefull and fruitfull ; theone is for wall trees, theo- 
ther is for ftandards : for as their formes are different, fo is their keeping or 
ordering. Wall trees , becaufc they are grafted lowc , and that their branches mull 
be plafht or tackt vnto the wall to fallen them, are tobe fo kept, that all their branches 
may befufferedtogrowe,thatfhooteforthoneithet fideofthebodic, and led either 
/dong the wall, or vpright, and one to lappe oucror vnder anotheras is conuenient, 
and Hill with pceces of lifts, parings of felt, peeces of foft leather, orotherfuch like 
foft thing compalfmg the armes or branches, fattened with fmall or great nailes, as 
neede requireth, to the waIs,onely thofe buds or branches are to be nipped or cut off, 
that fhoot forward, and will not fo handfomely be brought into conformity, as is fit- 
ting ; yet if the branches growe too thicke,to hinder the good of the reft, or too high 
for the wall, they may, nay they mutt be cut away or lopped ofT: and if aniedead 
branchesalfo happen to be on the trees, they muftbe cutaway, thatthe reft may haue 
the more libertie to thriue. Diuersalfoby carefully nipping away thewafteand fu- 
perfluous buds, doe keepetheir treesin conformity, without much cutting. The time 
to pruine or plalb, or tye vp wall trees, is vfually from the fall of the leafe , to the be- 
ginning of the ycare, when they begin to blolfome, and mod efpecially a little before 
or after Chriftmas : but in any cafe not too late, for fcareof rubbing off their buds. 
Some I know doe plafh and tye vp their wall trees after bearing time, while the leaues 
are greene, and their tcafon is , the buds are not fo cafie or apt to bee rubbed from the 
branches at that time, as at Chriftmas, when they are more growne: but the leaues 
mull needes be very cumberfomc, to hinder much both the orderly placing, and clofe 
fattening of them to thewall. This labour you mull performc eueryyeareinitsdue 
time; for if you Ihallnegle&andiouerflipit, youlhallhaue much more trouble, to 
bring them into a fit order againc,then at the firft. Theftandard trees inan Orchard 
mutt be kept in another order; for whereas the former are differed tofpread at large, 
thefe mull be pruined both from fuperfluous branches that ouerload the trees, & make 
them leflc fruitfull , as well as lefle lightly , and the vnder or water boughes likewife, 
that drawe much nourilhment from the trees , and yet themfelues little the better for 
it, 1 meane to giue fruit. If therefore your Orchard conliftofyoung trees, with a lit- 
tle care and paines it may bee kept in that comely order and proportion it was firft dc- 
ftined vnto ; but if it confift of old growne trees, they will not without a great dealc 
ofcare and paines be brought into fuch conformitie, as is befitting good and comely 
trees: for the marke of thofe boughes or branches that are cur off from youngrrees. 
Will quickly be healed againe , the barkegrowing quickly oucr them , whereby they 
are not worfe for their cutting; but an old tree if you cutoff abough,youmuft cut it 
clofe and cleanly, and lay a fearcloth of tallow, waxe , and a little pitch melted toge- 
ther vpon the place, to keepe off both the winde, funne, andraine, vntill the barke 
haue coucred it oucr againe: and in this manner you mufl dealc with all fuchfhort 
ftumps of branches, as arc cither broken (hort off witluhe winde, or by carclefndleor 
want 
