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The Art of 
’To hjve rath Medlars tm months before others, 
F Or to have Medlars two months fooner then others : and the 
one (hall be better far then the other, ye fhall grafFe them up- 
on aGoofebery tree, and alfo a frankc Mulbery tree, and be- 
fore ye'do gralFe them, ye (hall wet them in hony, and then grafte 
them, . , „ 
For to have rath or nmely rears. 
F Or to have a rath Pear, the which is in Franccj as the Pear Cai^ 
lonet^ and the Pear Hafiimean, For to have them rath or foon, 
ye fhall grade them on the Pine tree 5 And for to have tnem late, 
yelball grafFe them on the Pear called in France Vattgoijfe, or on 
other like hard Pears. 
To have Mifpks or Medlars withoutjones, 
F Or to have Medlars without hones, the which fhall taft fweet as 
hony, ye fhall grafFe them as the other, upon an Eglantine, or 
fweet Briar tree, and ye fhall wet the grafFs (before ye grafte them) 
in hony. 
have Tears betimes. 
'COr to have the Pear Angui^ey or Pearmainy or SatigUy (which be 
of certaine places fo called) a month or two before others, the 
which fhall endure and be good untill the new come again, ye 
grade them upon a Quince tree, and like wife upon the frank Mul- 
bery tree^. r 1 
7o have ripe and franke Mulberies vety foon or late^ 
F Or to have frank or ripe Mulberies very Coon, ye fhall grafFe 
theih upon a rath Peat tree, and upon the Goofebery tree, and 
to have very late, and to endure unto Alhallontide, ye fhall grade 
them upon the Medlar tree. 
Hon> to k^ep Fears ayear. 
Y e fhall take of fine Salt very dry, and put thereof with your 
Pears into a barrel, in Fuch fort, that one Pear doth not touch 
another, fo fill the barrel if ye lift, then ftop it, and let it be fee in 
fome dry place, that the Salt do not wax moift, thus ye may keep 
them long and good. « , ^ , j u v 
7(5 have your fruit tafi halfe Apples yhalje Pears. 
I F you will have your fruit taft half a Pear, and halfe an Applet 
ye fhall in the fpring lake grades, the one a Pear, and the other 
an Apple, ye fhall cleave or pare them in the grafting joynt or 
place, and joyn half the Psar CioB, and fo fet them i^to^yow 
