' 'the Art of 
them all hard of, by thefl^ield above; for if he had cut them fo 
nighin the fidlyearc, when they began firfi: to fpring or bud, it 
fliould greatly hinder them againlUhelr incFeafe of growing :alfo 
when thofc Cion? fhall put forth a fairs wood, ye mult binde and 
ftaythcm in the midft, fai re and gently with fmall wands, or fiich 
like, that the ivinde and weather hurt them not. And after this 
manner of grading, which is praftifed in the fhicid or Scutchion, 
way yp may ealily gratfe the white Elofe on the Red : and likewife 
ye tnay have Roles of divers colours and forts, upon cwie branch or 
root. This I thought lufficient and meeic to declare of this ki^de 
of grading at this prefent. 
Chap. VI. 
This Chapter treateth of tran fplanting or alter- 
ing of T recs. 
7fje fooner yee tranfpUnt or fet thertty it (IjjU he the better. 
Ee ought to tranfplant or fet your trees from Alhaliontide 
unto March^ and the fooner the better, for as foone as the 
leaves are fallen from the trees, they be meet for to bee 
planted, ifit be not in a very cold or moili place, the 
which then it were belHor CO tarry unco or February : to 
jdamin the frolHsnotgood. i a 
‘[q plant or jet towards the Souths or Smnle placets be\r, 
A Fore ye doe pluck up your trees for to plant them, if yee will 
mai ke the Southfide of each tree, that when ye lhall replang 
them, ye may fet them againe as they doed before, which is the 
bed way as fome do fay. Alfo if ye keepe them a ctrcairic time, af- 
ter they be taken out of the earth, before ye replant them againe, 
rather recover there in the c-irth, fo they be not wes with 
raine, nor othcrwifejfor that fhall be more contrary to them, theii 
the gf eat heat or drought. 
How to cut the branches of trees^ before they be jet, • 
W Hcnfoever ye fhall fet or replant your trees, firft ye mud cut 
of the boughes,aH(ffpeciallythofe which are great^ bran- 
ches, In fuch fort that ye fhall leave the fmall twigs or fprigs ^on 
