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INTRODUCTION. 



mellow by being plowed deep and harrowed feveral times. 

 The hills fhould be at the diflance of fix or eight feet from 

 -each other, according to the richnefs of the ground. — On 

 -crround that is rich, the vines will run the moft, the hills 



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muft therefore be the fartheft apart. 



At the firfl opening of the fpring, when the frofls are over, 

 and vegetation begins, fetts, or fmall pieces of the roots of - 

 hops, muft be obtained from hops that are efleemed thebefl* 



cut off from the miain ftalk or root, fix or eight inches 



in length. Branches, or fuckers, mofl healthy, and of thelafl 

 year's growth, mufl be fought for. They may eafily be known 

 by their looking white. Two or three joints or buds fhould 

 be left on each fet. The fets Ihould be put into the ground as 

 foon as taken up, if pofTible ; if not, they fhould be wrapped 

 in a cloth, kept in a moifl place excluded from the air. A 

 hole fhould then be made large and deep, and filled with rich 

 mellow earth. The fprouts fhould be fet in this earth with 



* of the different kind of hops, the long white is moft cfteemed. It yields the 

 greattft quantity, and is moft beautiful. The Feauty of hcpsconCfts in their being of a 

 pale bright gieen colour. Care muft be taken to obtain all of one fort: but if different 

 forts are ufcd, they muft be kept fcj)arate in the field; for there is in differcut kinds of 

 hops a material difference in their time of ripenirg; and if intermixed jWJU occafion 

 CKtia trouble in gathering. 



