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References to sources:

а) From a treatise on agriculture (13th century, northern France):
"Quant la fle du pommier est tendre, il la faut lier au bâton, qu’elle ne se brise."
"When an apple tree shoot is tender, it must be tied to a stick so that it does not break."
("Le Livre des profits champêtres",anonymous agricultural manuscript, BN Français 12420)
б) In a poem about gardening (14th century):
"La fle de la rose naist en mai, blanche et vermeille."
"A rose shoot is born in May, white and scarlet."
("Le Roman de la Rose" (XIV), MS. Harley 4425, British Library)
в) In Norman dialects (15th century record):
"Les flees des cerisiers sont bonnes à greffer."
"Cherry shoots are good for grafting."
("Glossaire du patois normand", J. Morand, 1852, based on earlier entries)

Can you provide the links, please?