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" which the two {horter branches fhould be trained upright, to fur- 

 " nifh wood for the fucceeding year. 



" In the fnmmer, they muft be carefully looked over, as before, 

 *' rubbing off all weak dangling {hoots, and training the good oiles 

 " to the flakes regularly, as they are produced, and 'hofe of them. 

 *' which have fruit (liould be flopped in June, about three joints be- 

 " yond the bunches; but the upright fhoots which are defigned for 

 ** bearing the following year, mufl not be flopped till the middle of 

 ** July, when they may be left about five feet long ; for if they are 

 *' flopped fooner in the year, it will caufe them to ihoot out many 

 ** dangling branches from the lides of the eyes, which will not only 

 " occafion more trouble to difplace them, but will alfb be injurious 

 " to the eyes or buds. 



" All this fummer drefTing fliould be performed with the 

 " thumb and finger, and not with knives, becaufe the wounds 

 " made by inflruments in fummer do not heal fo foon as whenflop- 

 " ped by gently nipping the leading bud, which> if done before the 

 " flioot is become woody, may be effedled with great eafe, being 

 " very tender while young. 



" When a vineyard is thus carefully drefled, it will afford as 

 ** much pleafure in viewing it as any plantation of trees and flirubs 

 *' whatever, the rows being regular : and if the flakes are exadlly 

 " placed and the upright fhoots flopped to an equal height, there 

 " is nothing in nature which will make a more beautiful appearance j 

 " and during the feafon that the vines are in flower, they emit a mofl 

 •' grateful fcent, efpecially in the morning and evening; and when 

 *' the grapes begin to ripen, there will be a frefh pleafure arifing in 

 " viewing them. 



" But as the beauty of vineyards arifes from the regular difpofi- 

 " tion of the branches of the vines, great care fhould be taken, irl' 

 «• their management, to train them regularly, and to provide every' 

 " year for new wood to bear the fucceeding year : becaufe the wood 

 " which has produced fruit is commonly cut quite away after the 

 '' fruit is gathered, or at leafl is fhortened down to two eyes, to 

 <• force out fl:ioots.for the next year, where there is not a flxfficient 

 "«* number of branches upon the vine of thofe trained upright; fo that 

 " in fummer, when the vines are in perfedlion, there ftiould be fix 

 " upright flioots trained for the next year's wood, and three or four 

 " bearing branches with fruit on them : more than thefe ought ne- 

 „ ** ver to be left upon one vine. 



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