" 'the Art of \ 
ye can get no Viiiegai’i wi(h Cow piflealoTte, tempered with com** 
mon Allies rthen i^alh your trees therewith before the Ipring* and 
in the fpring, or in Summer. Anilleeds fowne about the tree rootsj 
drive away wornies, and the fruit fliall be the Tweeter, 
The fating off ones ^ and ordering thereof. 
A S for Almond trees. Peach trees, Cherie trees. Plum trees, 
or others, yefhall thus planter Tetihem. Lay firfl the itonca 
in' water, three dayes and fours nightS) untill they finke therein : 
then take them betwixt your finger and your thumb, with the 
Tmall end upward, and To fet them tw'O fingers deep in good earth. 
And when ye have To done, yefhali rake them all over,’ and To co- 
ver them : and when they begin to grow or fpring, keepe them 
from weeds, and they fliall pi'ofper the better, efpecially in the firfi: 
yeare, And within two or three yeal es after, ye may fet or remove 
them where yc lift, then ye doe remove them againe after that, 
ye miift prune off all his twigs, is ye fhall fee eaufe, nigh the ftoek r 
thus ye may doe of all kinde of trees, but efpecially thofe which 
have the great fapj, as the Mulbery, or' f ig-trees , or fiuch like* 
To gather Gumme of any tree. 
I r yc lift to have the Gumriie of an Almond tree, yec fhall 
J fticke a great naile into the tree, a'good way, and To let him reft, 
and t he Gumme of the tree fhall ifTiie thereat : thus doe men gather 
Gum of all forts of trees : yea, the common Gum that men. do ufe 
and ocGupie* 
■ ' fit a tvhols Appk. 
A Lfo Tome fay, that if ye fet a whole Apple four finger. in the 
earth, all the Pepins or Gurnels in the fame Apple will grow 
up together in one whole flock or Cion, and all thole Apples (hall 
be much fairer and greater than others; but ye mult take heedjhow 
yeidoe fat thofe Apples, whichdo come in leap yea re, for in a leap 
yeare ( as fomedofay ) the Curnels or Pepins are turned contrary, 
for if ye fliould fb fet, as commonly a man ’doth, ye fliall f©t then> 
contra ryi 
Of fetting the Almond 
A Lmond,s ck>e come forth and grow commonly well, if they be 
fet without the fliell or huske, in good earth, or in rotten hogs 
dung : If ye lay Almonds one day in Vineger, then fhall they ( as 
fome fay, be very good to plant : or lay them in Milke and water, 
untill they do Cnk, they (hall be the better to ietjOr any other Nut. 
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