Flamngand Craffing. 27 
Of the manmr of grA§ng in the S hleld or Scutebion. ^ 
T He fourth manner tograffe, which is thelaft, isEo grafreia 
the Scutchion, in the fa p, in Sommer, from about the end of 
the Moneth of May, aniilM«g«A when as tre« be yet hrong m 
fap and leaves, for otherwaies it cannot be done; tlte belt time li in 
fum and fo it is fome years when the time is very dry, that 
fome Trees do hold their lap very long, therefore ye muU tary till 
' tografe in Sommer fo Img at the trees hefttll leaved. 
F Oi* to begin this manner of graffingwcll, ye mult in Sommer 
when th^treesbe almoft full of fap, and when they havefprang 
forth new (hoots, being foraewhat hardned, take abranch there- 
of in the top of the tree, the which ye will have grafted, and chufe 
the higheft and the priiicipalleft branches, without cutting it from 
the old wood, and chufe thereof the principaUeft oylet or eye, 
or budding place, of each branch one, within which oylet or eye 
ye (hall begin to graffc as followctb. 
IhehigCioHS arebeftograffe* 
P Rincipallyyemuitunderftand, that the fmalleft afld naughty 
oylets or buds of the faid Cions be not fo good to graffe, there, 
fore chufe the greateft and bell ye can find; flrft cat. off 'heleafe 
hard by the oylet, then ye lhall trench or cu‘ 
ley eoriie) beneath the oylet round about the barke, hard to the 
wood, and folikewife above; then with the (harp point of a km^ 
flit it down halfc an inch befide the oylet or bud,and with the poi^ 
of a fharpcknifefoftlyraiCe the faid fhield or Scutchion round u- 
bour, with the oylet in the middeft, and all the fap belongingr 
thereunto.. ^ ^ t j 
How to take oftbepeldfrem the wood. . , 
A Nd for the better taiftng your faid (hield or Scutch.on ffom 
the wood, after tharye have cut him round about, anet thm. 
flit him down, without cWting any part 
then raife the lide next you that is flit, and take the fame 1 >>«ld be. 
twixt yonr fingers and thumb, and pluck or raife it loftly off, with- ; 
ou breaking o^ bruftng any part thereof, and in the opsnmg or 
plucking itoff, hold it with your finger hard 'Othe wood ^ 
l^ndthe fapof the oylet may remaine in tbeftiield fo. 
(in plucking it) from the barke, and Hick to the wood, y t u.' ocout. 
chion is nothing worth. or- 
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