A booke of the arte and maner, howe to plant and graffe all sortes of trees howe to set stones, and sowe pepines to make wylde trees to graffe on, as also remedies and mediicnes [sic]. VVith diuers other newe practise, by one of the Abbey of Saint Vincent in Fraunce, practised with his owne handes, deuided into seauen chapters, as hereafter more plainely shall appeare, with an addition in the ende of this booke, of certaine Dutch practises, set forth and Englished, by Leonard Mascall.

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Title: A booke of the arte and maner, howe to plant and graffe all sortes of trees howe to set stones, and sowe pepines to make wylde trees to graffe on, as also remedies and mediicnes [sic]. VVith diuers other newe practise, by one of the Abbey of Saint Vincent in Fraunce, practised with his owne handes, deuided into seauen chapters, as hereafter more plainely shall appeare, with an addition in the ende of this booke, of certaine Dutch practises, set forth and Englished, by Leonard Mascall.
Author: Mascall, Leonard, d. 1589.
Publication: Imprinted at London :: By Henrie Denham, for Iohn Wight,; [1572]
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Subject terms: Grafting -- Early works to 1800.; Fruit-culture -- Early works to 1800.; Gardening -- Early works to 1800.
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What trees loue the fayre Sunne and what trees the colde ayre.

COmmonly the most part of trées doe loue the Sunne at noone, and yet the South winde (or vent d'aual) is ve∣ry contrary against their nature, and specially the Al∣mond trée, the Abricote, the mulbery trée, the Figge trée, and the pomgranade trée: certaine other trees there be whi∣che loue colde ayre, as these: the Chestnut trée, the wylde and eager Cherry trée, the Quince trée, and the Damson or Plum trée: the Walnutte looueth colde ayre, and a stony white grounde: Peare trées loue not greatly plaine pla∣ces, they prosper well ynough in places closed with walles or high hedges, and specially the Peare called bon Crestien.