Bacon, Francis - Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries

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12894Natural Hiſtory;& c. The like is continually practiſed with Vines, Roſes, Musk-Roſes,
& c.

From May to July you may take off the Bark of any Bough, being of
11427. the bigneſs of Three or four Inches, and cover the bare place, ſomewhat
above and below with Loam, well tempered with Horſe-dung, binding it
faſt down. Then cut off the Bough about Alhollantide in the bare place, and
ſet it in Ground, and it will grow to be a fair Tree in one year. The cauſe
may be, for that the Bearing from the Bark, keepeth the Sap from deſcend-
ing towards Winter, and ſo holdeth it in the Bough; and it may be alſo, that
Loam and Horſe-dung applied to the bare place, do moiſten it and cheriſh
it, and make it more apt to put forth the Root. Note, that this may be a
general means for keeping up the Sap of Trees in their Boughs, which may
ſerve to other effects.

8484[Handwritten note 84]

It hath been practiſed in Trees that ſhew fair and bear not, to bore a
22428. hole thorow the Heart of the Tree, and thereupon it will bear. Which may
be, for that the Tree before hath too much Repletion, and was oppreſſed
with his own Sap; for Repletion is an enemy to Generation.

It hath been practiſed in Trees that do notbear, to cleave two or three
33429. of the chief Roots, and to put into the Cleft a ſmall Pebble which may
keep it open, and then it will bear. The cauſe may be, for that a Root of
a Tree may be (as it were) hide-bound, no leſs then the Body of the Tree;
but it will not keep open without ſomewhat put into it.

It is uſually practiſed to ſet Trees that require much Sun, upon Walls
44430. againſt the South; as Apricots, Peaches, Plumbs, Vines, Figs, and the like. It
hath a double commodity; the one, the heat of the Wall by reflexion; the
other, the taking away of the ſhade: For when a Tree groweth round, the
upper Boughs over ſhaddow the lower, but when it is ſpred upon a Wall,
the Sun cometh alike upon the upper and lower Branches.

It hath alſo been practiſed (by ſome) to pull ſome Leaves from the
55431. Trees ſo ſpred, that the Sun may come upon the Bough and Fruit the bet-
ter. There hath been practiſed alſo a curioſity, to ſeta Tree upon the North
ſide of a Wall, and at a little height, to draw him through the Wall, and
ſpred him upon the South ſide; conceiving, that the Root and lower part
of the Stock ſhould enjoy the freſhneſs of the ſhade, and the upper Boughs
and Fruit, the comfort of the Sun; but it ſorted not. The cauſe is, for that
the Root requireth ſome comfort from the Sun, though under Earth, as well
as the Body; and the lower part of the Body more than the upper, as we
ſee in compaſſing a Tree below with ſtraw.

The lowneſs of the Bough, where the Fruit cometh, maketh the Fruit
66432. greater, and to ripen better; for you ſhall ever ſee in Apricotes, Peaches, or
Melo-Cotones upon a Wall, the greateſt Fruits towards the bottom. And in
France the Grapes that make the Wine, grow upon the low Vines, bound to
ſmall Stakes; and the raiſed Vines in Arbors, make but Verjuyce. It is
true, that in Italy, and other Countreys where they have hotter Sun, they
raiſe them upon Elms and Trees: But I conceive, that if the French man-
ner of Planting low, were brought in uſe, their Wines would be ſtronger
and ſweeter: But it is more chargeable in reſpect of the Props. It were
good to try whether a, Tree grafted ſomewhat near the ground, and the
lower Boughs onely maintained, and the higher continually proyned off,
would not make a larger Fruit.

To have Fruit in greater Plenty, the way is to graft, not onely upon
77433. young Stocks, but upon divers Boughs of an old Tree; for they will

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