55 ° ‘7 he ordering of the Orchard. 
will here relate which forne doe vfc , and that is with hollow cancs of halfeayard 
long or more, open at both ends for them to creepe in , and ftucke or laid among the 
branches of your trees, will foonc drawe intothem many Earwigs , whichyoumay 
foone kill, by knocking the cane a little vpon the ground , and treading on them with 
yourfoote. Snaiiesmuft be taken with your hands, and that euerie day , cfpcciallyin 
the morning when they will be creeping abroad. Moalesby running vnder your trees 
make them lefle fruitful!, and alio put them in danger to be bio wne downe, byl'eauing 
the ground hollow, that thereby the rootes haue not that ftrength in thegroond, both 
to flioote and to hold , that otherwife they might haue. Some haue vfed to put Gar- 
licke, and other fuch like things into their holcs,thinking thereby to driue them Sway, 
but to no purpofe: others haue tiyedmanie other waiesjbut no way doth auaile anie 
thing, but killing them either witha Mozlefpade,ora'rrappcmadeforthc purpofe as 
manie doe know: and they muft bee watched at their principali hill, and trenched 
round, and fo to be caught. Birds are another cneinic.both to your trees and fruits 
forthe Bullfinch will deftroy aMyourftonc fruit in the baddc, before they flower if 
youfuffer them, and Crowes, &c. when your Cheariesare ripe: for the fmaller birds 
Lime twigs fet either neare.your trees, or -^tthe. nfwt, water where they drinke , will 
helpe to catch them and deftroy thema Andfor the greater birds, aftonebowe a 
bifding or fowling peeco will helpe to leffcn their number, and make the reft mord 
quiet : or a mill with a clacke to fearrq them away, Untill your fruit begathercd.Some 
other annoyances thereare* asfuckersthat rifefromtherootesofyour trees, which 
muft be taken away euerie ycare, and ncif differed to.gio we anie thing great, for fearc 
of robbing your trees ohhciriiuclihoo'd. Barkebound,is whenarree doth not fliooto 
andencreafc, by reafon the barke is as it were drie, and willnotfuffer thefappe to 
pafte vnto the branches : take a knife therefore, and flit the barke downe ahnoft 
all the length of the tree in two or three places, and it will remedy that euill,and 
the tree will thriue and come forward the better after. Barke pilled is another euill 
that happeneth to fome trees , as Well young as old , either by reafon of cafuall hurts 
or by the gnawing of beafts, fiowfoeperitbee, if it bee anie great hurt, lay a plai- 
ftcr thereon made of tallow, tarre, and a little pitch, and binde it thereto, Iettin°it 
fo abide vntillrhe wound bee healed : yet fome doe only apply alittle clay orloame 
bound on with ropes of hay. The Canker is a (hrewd difeafe when it happeneth to a 
tree 5 for it will eate the barke round, and fo kill the very heart in a littlefpace. It muft 
be looked vnto in time before it hath runne too farre • mod men doe wholly cut a way 
as much as is fretted with the Canker, and thendrefleit, or wet it with vinegar or 
Cowes piffc, or Cowes dung andvrine, &c. yntill it be deftroyed, and after healed 
againe withy our falue before appointed. There are yet fome other enemies to an Or- 
chard : for ifyour fencebenotofbrickeorftone,but either a mudde waller a quicke 
fet or dead hedge, then looke to it the more carefully , and preuent the comming in of 
either horfe, or kine, flieepe, goates, or deere, hare , or conic ; for fome of them will 
breake through or ouer to barke your trees, and the Ieaft hole almoft in the hedge will 
giue admittance to hares and conies to doc the like. To preuent all which, your care 
muft be continuall to watch them or auoide them, and to ftoppe vp their entrance. A 
dogge is a goad feruant for many fuch purpofes, and fo is a ftone bowe, and a peec'e to 
make vfeofasoccafion (hall feruc. But if you will take that medicine for a Canker 
fpoken of before, which is Cowes dung and vrine mixed together, and with a brufh 
waih your trees often to a reafonablc height , will keepe hares and conics from eating 
or barking your trees. Great and cold windes doe often makea great fpoilein an Or- 
chard, but great trees planted without the compaflethereof, as Wall-nuts, Oakes 
Elmes, Alhes, andthelike, will ftand it in great ftead, to defend it both early and late! 
Thushauelfliewedyoumoft oftheeuils that may happen to an Orchard, and the 
meanes to helpe them, and bccaufe the number is greatand daily growing, thecare 
and paines muft be continual!, the more earned and diligent, left you lofe that in a 
moment that hath been growing many yearesj or at the lead the profit or beauty of 
fome yeafes fruit. 
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