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well placed, and there is fpace for them. Rub offall 

 fhoots from old wood, except any tolerable one that 

 proceeds from a part where wood is wanting to fill up 

 fome vacant fpace. If two moots proceed from one 

 eye, difplace the weakeft, or the outermoft, if they are 

 both alike, and the fruit mould not direct, otherwife. 

 Vines grow rapidly, and mufl be nailed to the wall, from 

 time to time, as they proceed, that there may be no rude 

 dangling, which would not only have a ilovenly appear- 

 ance, but in feveral refpecls be injurious. 



The Jloppi?ig of the moots is to take place, both as to 

 time and meafure, according to the ftrength and fituation 

 of them, or whether fruitful or barren. Thofe weak 

 Shoots that have fruit, and are rather ill placed, or 

 confined for room, may be flopped at the fecond, or 

 even firft joint above the fruit, early in the furnmer ; 

 but thofe moots that vccflrong and have room to grow, 

 fhould not be flopped till they are in flower, (in JuhJ 

 and at the third or fourth joint above the fruit. In 

 ihortening the fhoots of the vine, do it about half an 

 inch above an eye, Hoping behind a plump and found 

 one. The barren fhoots are to be trained at full 

 length, and not flopped at all, if there is room for them, 

 or, at leaft, but a little fhortcned towards autumn, as in 

 Auguji, becaufe they would put out a number of ufelefs 

 and Arong fide-fhoots, if cut before. 



The fide -/boots, i. e. thofe little ones put out by the 

 eyes that are formed for next year, are commonly 

 direcled to be immediately difplaced by rubbing off, as 

 foon as they appear; and if the vine, is large, and the 

 Ihoots (lender, it is very proper; but if otherwife, their 

 being left to grow awhile (lo as not to get too rude 

 and crowding) is rather an advantage, in detaining the 

 fap from pufhing the fhoots out immoderately long ; 

 and when thefe are taken off, the lower eye of each may 

 be left with the fame view. But the fide fhoot, that 

 proceeds from the top of each fhortcned branch, fhould 



