Natural magick by John Baptista Porta, a Neapolitane ; in twenty books ... wherein are set forth all the riches and delights of the natural sciences.
Porta, Giambattista della, 1535?-1615.

That Apples or other like fruit shall grow bigger then they are wont.

A tree that is planted with a graffe of her own kinde, will alwayes bring forth greater fruit, then if it were not so planted. We brought an example hereof out of Pliny, that Corellius took a Scion of a Chestnut-tree, and engraffed the same into the tree again, and thereby produced a greater and a bet∣ter Chestnut. And for my own part; I have oft-times made the like proof in many other fruits, and by experience have found that all fruits may be made greater by engraffing, and caref•• looking unto, but especially Citrons. Secondly, we may procure fruits to be greater then ordinary, by graf∣fing upon another Tree, whose kind is to bear bigger fruit. As for example, if we would produce