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Planting and Graffing. 
Of good earth. 
Y e (hall undcrlland that of good eat th commonly commeth 
good fruity but in certain places ( if that they migh t be dif- 
fered to grow ) they woald fcafon the tree the better. Otherwife 
they (hall not come to proof, nor yet have a good taft* 
ff'ith rrbatye ought to bindyour trees, 
“Y TT THeti foeycr your trees fliall be replanted or fet, ye miift 
V V knock in (by the root) a (take, and bind year trees 
thereto for feare of the winde : and when they do fpringj ye fhall 
drefle them and binde them with bands that may not breakjwhich 
bands may be of ftrong foft hearbs, as Bulrufhes or fuch like \ or 
of old linnen clouts, if the other be not ftrong enough; or elfe ye 
may binde them with Oaiai s, or fuch like, but for feare of fretting 
or hurting your trccf. 
C H A P. VII. 
This Chapter treateth of medicining and keep 
ing the trees when they arc planted. 
7hefirjlcomcell if, when your trees be but Plants ( in dry wea^ 
' tber ) they mufl be watered. 
8 He young trees which be newly planted, muft forrje- 
timei in Summer be watered when the time waxeth drie, 
attheleaftthcfirftyeare after they be planted or fet. 
But as for other greater Trees which are well taken and 
rooted a good time, ye muft digge them all over the roots after >^/- 
bollontide, and uncover them four or five foot compafs about the 
root of the tree:and let them fo lie uncovered until the latter end of 
winter. And if ye do then mingle about each tree of good fat earth 
or dung, to heat and comfort the earth withall, it (hall be good. 
' With what dung ye ought to dungy our trees, ^ 
A Nd principally unto Moifie trees, dung them with Hogs dung 
minlged with other earth of the Gm ground,and let the dung 
ofOxenbe next about the roots; and ye (hall alfo abate the Mofi 
of the trees with a great knilfe of wood, or fuch like, fo that yt 
hurt not th; barke thereof. 
When ye ought to uncover )rAr trees to Summer 
I N the time of Summer, when the earth IS fcantly halfc raoift, it 
fliall be good to dig at the foot of the trees ,all about the roots of 
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