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" careful not to dig deep clofe to the vines, left therehy their roots 

 " fhould be cut or bruifcd; and at the fame time the earth fhould 

 *' be again laid up in a hill about each plant: but there muil be care 

 " taken not to bury the two young eyes of the former year's Ihoot, 

 *' which were left to produce new wood. 



" At the beginning of May, when the vines are {hooting, there 

 *• fhould be two flakes fixed down to the fides of each plant, which 

 " mufl be fomewhat taller and flronger than thofe of the former 

 " year; to thefe the two flioots^ (if fo many are produced) fhould 

 *• be faflened, and all the fmall trailing or lateral ihoots fhould be 

 *' conftantly difplaced, that the otlier flioots may be flronger; and 

 " the ground fhould alfo be kept very clear from weeds as be^ 

 *' fore. 



*' The autumn following, thefe vines fhould be pruned again In 

 ** the following manner : thofe of them which have produced two 

 ** ilrong flioots of equal vigour, muft be cut down to three eyes 

 *' each ; but in fuch as have one flrong fhoot and a weak one, the 

 '* flrong one mufl be fhortened to three eyes, and the weak one to 

 *' two; and fuch vines as have produced but one flrong fhoot, 

 ** fhould be fhortened down to two eyes alfo, in order to obtain- 

 ** more wood againfl the fucceeding year. 



" In the fpring, about the beginning of March, the ground be- 

 " tween the vines fliould be again dug, as before, and two flakes 

 " fhould be placed down by the fide of all fuch vines as have two 

 ♦' fhoots, at fuch diftance on each fide of the plant as the flioots 

 ** will admit to be faflened thereto, and the flioots fhould be drawn 

 ** out on each fide to the flakes, fo as to make an angle of about 

 *' forty-live degrees with the flem ; but by no means fhould they 

 " be bent down horizontally, as is by fonie pra<5tifed ; for the 

 " branches lying too near the earth, are generally injured by the 

 ** damps which arife from thence, but efpecially when they have 

 " fruit, which is never fo well tafled, nor fo early ripe upon thofe 

 '* branches, as when they are a little more elevated. 



" In May, when the vines begin to fhoot, they mufl be carefully 

 " looked over, and all the weak dangling fhoots fliould be rubbed 

 *' off as they are produced ; and thofe fhoots which are produced 

 *' from flrong eyes, fhould be faflened to the flakes to prevent tlieir 

 " being broken off by the wind. 



" This management fhould be repeated at leafl every three weeks, 

 " from the beginning of May to the end of July; by which means 



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