5 ^ The Art ^ 
cut it hard by the body : the withered twigs even as they Wither, 
niLift be cut off hard by the great branch, or body thereof, for then 
they do profper the better. If a Peach tree do not like, ye jfhall 
put to his root?, the leej of Wine mingled with water, and alfo 
waff his roots therewith, and likewife the branches, then cover 
^ira again with good earth mingled with his own leaves, for choff 
he Irketh befi. Y e may graffe Peach upon Peach, upon Hafil, or Aff ^ 
or upon Cheric tree, or ye may graffe the Almond upon the Peach 
tree* And to have great Peaches, ye mutt take Cowes railkc, and 
put good earth thereto, then all to ftrike the body of the tree there- 
with, both upward and downward, or elfe open the root all bare, 
threedaies and three nights, then take Goats iwilke, and waff all 
the roots therewith, and then cover them againe: this muft be 
done when they begin to bloflbmc, and fo ffali he bring great 
Peaches. 
To colour Peach fiones, 
T O colour Peach ftones that all the fruit thereof ffali have the 
like colour hereafter, that is, ye ffali lay or fet Peach ftones 
in the earth ffven daies or more, untill ye ffali fee the ftones begin 
to open, then take the ftones and the curnels foftly forth thereof, 
and what colour ye will, colour the curnell therewith, and put 
them into the ffell againe, then bind it faft together, and fee it 
In the earth, with the fniall end upward, and lb let him grow, and 
all the Peaches which ffali come of the fame fruit ( gra&d or un- 
graffed^ will be of the fame colour. The Peachtree ought to be 
planted in Autumne, before the cold do come, for he cannot abide 
the cold. 
If Peach trees be troubled with wormes, 
I F any Peach tree be troubled with wormes, ye ffali take two 
parts of Cow piffe, with one part of Vineger, then ffali ye fprit - 
ckle the tree all over therewith, and Waff his roots and branches^ 
alfo, and it will kill the wormes ; This may yc do to all other 
trees, which be troubled with wormes. 
To have tloe Peach without fioms. 
Y e ffali take a Peach tree newly planted, then fet a Willow 
hard by, which ye ffali bore a hole through, then put the 
Peach tree through the faid hole, and fo clofe him on both fides 
thereof, Sap to Sap, and let him fo grow one year, then the next 
year ye ftiall cut off the Peach ftock, and let the Willow feed him, 
and 
