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P lai2tmg and Graffing. 
upon th« Eaft fide, if ye can, -and of the faireft and greateft. Ye dial! 
cut them two inches long of the old Wood, beneath the ;oynf 
Andwhenfoeverye willgrajOFe, cut or pare your graffes taperwjTe 
from the joynt, two inches or more of length, which ye dull fet 
into the flock: and before ye fet it in, ye (hall open your ftocke 
with a wedge of Iron, or hard Wood, faire and foftly : then if the 
fides of your clefts be ragged, ye fhall pare them with the point of 
alharp knifeonboth fid<?s, within and above, then fet in your 
graiTcsclofe on the ouifides, and alfo above * but; let your ftocke 
be as little while open as ye can, and when your grafFes be wel fet in, 
pluckforth your wedge : and if your docke do pinch your grades 
much, then ye muft put in a wedge of the fame Wood to help© 
your grafFes : Then ye fhall lay athicke barkc or pill over the 
cleft, from the one graft to the other, to keepe out the. clay and 
raine, and fo clay them two fingers thick e round about the 
|)|^ ClifFes, and then lay on molT^, but WooJl is better next to your 
clay, or elfe to temper your clay with Wool] or Haire, for it 
1 diall make it bide clofer, and alfo ftronger on the dock head : 
fome take Wool next the clay, and wrappeth it all over with Jin- 
lien clouts, for the Wooll being once mo'ft, will keepe the cfay Co a 
longtime. And other Tome ukc Wollen clouts, that have beenc 
laid in the I'uyce of Worm-wood, or fuch like bitter thing, to keep 
creeping wormes from comming under to the grades. If ye grade in 
winter, put your clay uppermoft,for fumineryour molFe. For in 
winter the mode is warme, and your clay will not cleave. Tn Sum- 
mer ycur clay is cold, and your mode keepes him from cleavingor 
■ chapping. To binde them, take of Willow piJs, of cloven Biiers, of 
Oziers, or fuch like. To gather your Grades on the Eafi part of the 
tree is counted bed : if ye gather them below on the under bouhgs, 
k they will grow fliggie, and fpreading abroad: If ye take them in 
the top of the tree, they will grow upright. Yet fome doe gather 
their Cions or Grades on the fidcs of the trees, and To grade them 
lii againc on the like Tides of the docks, the whic his of Tome men not 
T not counted fogood for fndt. It is not good togradc a great dock, 
i’’ for they will be long, or they cover the head thereof. 
0/ ICprmes in trees §r fruit. 
I E yehave any tre«s eaten with Wormes, or doe bring Wormic 
fruit, ye tball ufe to Vi’afh all his body and great branches, 
f with two parts of Cow pide, and one part of Vineger, or elfe if 
I ye 
