CH. 5-] GRAPES. 109 



direfted above ; fhutting up, however, if 

 much wet, or hard froft, fliould happen 

 during the firfl ten or twelve days after 

 the plants have been pruned for the fea- 

 fon. 



SECTION VIII. 

 On Watering^ Wajhing, and Steaming the Grape-Hottfe. 



THE firfl and fecond feafons, keep the 

 border in a moderately moift ftate 

 while the plants are growing ; but, after 

 their growth begins to abate, (particularly 

 the fecond feafon), withhold the waterings 

 by degrees, in order to make them harden 

 and ripen their flioots for the production 

 of a crop the third yar. Water frequent- 

 ly with the drainings of a dunghill j which 

 will be found infinitely ferviceable, and 

 greatly to promote the growth of the 

 plants. This is a method of manuring, 

 perhaps inferior to none ; and, whatever 

 may have been faid by theorifts, refpecSing 

 its tainting the flavour of the fruit, ought 

 not to prevent the practical gardener from 

 applying it in moderate quantities, at any 



feafon 



