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The Ancients for the D tile orating of Fruit, doe commend Swines-dung, [ 
' aboue a] 1 other Dung ; Which may be, becaufe of the Moillurc of that; 
Beall, whereby the Excrement hath lelfe Acrimony 5 For Wc&e Swines j 
j and Pigs Flefh is the Moifteit ol Flefhes. 
It isobferuedbyfome,that all Herbs wax fleeter,both in Smell, and j 
j Tafte, ifafcer they be growne vp fome reafonable time, they bee cut, and) 
,j lo you take the later Sprout. Th eCaafe may bee, for that the longer the I 
Iuyce ftayeth in the Root, and Stalke, the better it concoifeth. For one of l 
| the Chiefe Gantes, why Graines, Seeds, and Fruits, aremore Nouridung ! 
j than Leaner, is the: Length of time,in which they grow to Maturation. It 
j were not amifie to keepe backc the Sap of Herbs , or the like, by fome fit 
j meanes, till theend of Summer • whereby (it may be) they will be more 
; Nounfhing. 
/ As Grafting doth Generally aduance and Ameliorate Fruits, aboue that 
which they would bee, if they were fetof Kernels, or Stones, in regard 
| the Nourifhmsnt is better concocted (ho doubt) euen in Grafting, 
; tor the fame Caule the Choice of the Stocke doth much i Alwaves pro- 
j uidedj that itbee fomewhat inferiopr t’othe Cions v For otherwife it dul- 
jlethib They commend much the Grafting ole Pcares, or Apples, ypona 
\ Quince. an. 
Befides the Meanes ot Melioration of Fruits , before mentioned, it is let 
; dowoe as tried, that a Mixture ot Bran, and Swim-dung • Or Chafe and ® 
Swines-dung 5 (efpecially laid vp together fora Moneth to rot,') is a very 
great Nounfher, and Comforterio a Fruit-STree. 
Itisdeliuered, that Onions wax greater/if theybee,taken out of the ! 
Earth, and laid a drying twenty daies,and then fetagaine* And yet more, 
if the outermofbPill be taken off all ouer. 
It is deliuered by fome, that if one take the Bough of a Low Fruit - j 
Tree, newly budded, and draw it gently, iwithonc hurting it , into an 
Earthen Pot perforate at the' Bottorne to let in the Plant, and then Co-, 
uer the T<?f withiEarth, it will yeeld a very large Fruit , within the j 
Ground. Which Experiment is Nothing but Potting of Plants, without j 
Remoiiing, and Leauing th&.Fruit in the Earth. The like, (they fay, ) | 
will be etie&edj by an Empty Pot, without Earth in it, put ouer a Fruit, 
being propped vp with a. Stake, as it hangeth vpon the Tree • And the 
better, if fome few Pertufibns, bee made in the Pot. Wherein, befides 
the Defending »f the Fruit, from Extremity of Sbnne or Weather, 1 
fame giue a rcafion, that .the Fruit , Louing and Coneting the o- 
pen Aire and iSunne, is;inuited by thofe Penulions, to lpread and ! 
[approach, as neere the open Aire, as it caa ; And fa enlargeth in Mag¬ 
nitude. 
All Trees in High hnd Sandy Grounds, are to bee fet deepe » And in wa- 
try Grounds , more fhallow. And in all Trees, when they be remoued(efpe- j 
; dally Frnit-TreesfcarQ ought to be taken, that thqS.idesof the Trees .bee 
I coafted, {North, and South , &c.) as they ftoodbefde. ifhe-Ianie is fiid. 
Jaifobf "Stone out bfthe Quafry',' toiriakeit more dutiMe j Thotid;h that i 
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