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•J he Cions letvjrd the ^4 ' 
Efliall umlciiland that thofe Cion» which do grow on the 
1 Eaft or Orient part of the tree, arebeft; ye muff not lightly 
gather of the evil! or (lender graffer, which grow ^ 
fhetieer. nor any graffes which do grow wtthm on the branches, 
or that do fpring from the fiotk of the tree, nor yet graffes which 
be on verg'd tL, for thereby ye fhall not lightly profit to any 
purpofe. tgchuftyour Trees for graffes, 
A Nd when the trees whereas you intend to gather your graffes, 
A befmalland young, as of five or fix ofl 
of the highell graffe thereof, nor the greateft , except « be ofa 
fmalltree oftvtroor three years, the which commo^y hath too 
• much of top or wood, otheiwife not, for you (hall but mar you 
graffing. Hot^ te keep grafts a hn^ time. 
VE may keep graffes a long tiuie good, P” 
1 that the leaves be fallen) unto the time of graffing, if that the^ 
brweil covered in the earth halfe a foot deep therein, and fo that 
none of them do appear without the earth. 
Horp to keep grafej be\ore they are budded ^ 
X7 E fiiall net gather them except ye have great need,untill anjj- 
Y mir or there® bouts, and put them not in the ground mgh any 
walls, for fear of Moles, Mice, and water, marring tfie place and 
graffes. It lhall be good to keep graffes in the earth before they be- 
fin to hud, when that ye will graffe betwixt t^he barke and the tree, 
and when the trees begin to enter into their fap. 
Bltpp one ought to begin to grajfe, ^ • /j 
•X/^E may well begin to graffe (in cleaw.g the flock) uChrtfiim 
Yor before, according to the Goldneffc of the nme, and princi- 
pally the Healme or great Chery, Peares, Wardens, or _fa, ward 
fruit of Apples : and for Medlei s it is good to tary untill the end of 
January I^dFetrrtary,oml\Marcb, or untill fuch time as ye fhall 
fee trees begin to bud or fpring. 
When it is good gvhfjfingtbe wild 
foon as the otherSk 
