XW , On the CiiUWa^ontfthe Pinc; 



THtre' are fofne individuals, however, who, in ordei*"to hav«' 

 amore abbndant crop, dCing their vines ; but they thus ia- 

 crtficfe the quality to quantity. 



The dung niofl favourable to the vine Is ihat'orpigebnsor'' 

 poilltry; dung' foetid or tod putrid is' carcfuHy reje^ed, as it 

 hus betn proved by obfervation that the vvi'ue often cohtraSs 

 from it a very difagreeable tafte. 



In the ifles of Khe and Oleron the vines are dunged with' 

 fe'a-wted [fuc7is)\ but the wine thfence acquires a bad quality, ' 

 and Tetains the peculiar odour of that plant. Chafiferon has 

 obferved, that the fame plant decompofed into mould ma- 

 nures the vine' with advantage, and increafes the quantity of 

 the wine without hurting the quality. Experience has alfo * 

 taught him that thie aflies of fea-weed form excellent manure, 

 for the vine. This able agricultiirift is of opinion that vege- ' 

 table manure is not attended with" the fame inconveniences 

 as animal manure ; but he thinks, and with'juftice, that the' 

 former cannot be ufed with advantage except when employed 

 in thb ftate of mould. 



The method of cultivating 'vines on. poles oi* props oiigfit 

 to be commanded by the^clihiate. This method belongs to' 

 cold countries, wherethe vine'has need'of't he whole heat of" 

 the fun, naturally weak. By railing them, therefore, on poles 

 placed perpendicular to the ground^ the earth, being unco- 

 vered, receives all the activity of the rays, and the whole fur- 

 face of the plant is completety expofcd to' their "a6lion.^ An- 

 other advantage of" cultivating on props is^ that it allows the^ 

 vines to be placed he^are'r to each other", and "that the produce* 

 is multiplied on equal furfiiccs. But in warmer climates the 

 earth requires' -to be'flielCered fro'm the exceflive heat of the 

 fuifi ', the grapes" themfelves^ have need of being prote<^ed 

 from its fcorchirig rays, and to accomplifh this view the vines 

 arcf fiifferedlo creep on the ground 5^ tliey then every vfherc 

 form" a covering fufficlently thick and clofe to defend the 

 earth, and a great part of the grapes, from the dire6l action ^ 

 gf^the fun. But when' the iricreafe of tlic grapes has attained " 

 to'its maximum, and nothing is neceflary but to bring thcnl 

 toHnaturity, the cultivators collect' in bundles the different' 

 brandies gf the vin», unccvcrihe. grapes, andBy thefe means 



facilitate 



