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you plant fo late, that the green Sprigs are 

 (hot forth, when they are to be cover'd left 

 you deftroy them. The Hills are not to be 

 too high the firft Year 5 but to be encreas*d in 

 Extent, as the Roots of the Hops encreafe in 

 Stature, and produce great Quantities of 

 Shoots to require it : It is the fame of Poles 5 

 for the firft Year twofmall Poles will fuffice, 

 the next Year there muft be two or three 

 large ones, and the third Year four of the 

 largeft Poles will be neceflary to fupport the 

 Crop, if your Hops are large, in a thriving 

 Condition, and the Hills are fo far afunder as 

 to have Room for them. In the Management 

 of old Hops, if they are worn out of Heart, 

 you are to dig them about the Beginning of 

 Winter, takmg away as much of the old 

 barren Earth as you can,and putting fat Mould 

 inftead thereof 5 but if the Hops are ftrong 

 and in good Heart, Manuring and Pruning is 

 moft advifeable ^ for this perfedly reftrains 

 them from a too early Springing. In the 

 Drefling of them, you are to pull down your 

 Hills, and undermine round about 'till you 

 come near the principal Roots 5 then take the 

 upper or younger Roots in your Hand, and 

 (hake off the Earth, which being remov'd 

 with the fame Tool, you'll difcern where the 

 new Roots grew out of the old Sets : Be care- 

 ful not to injure the old Sets 5 as for the o- 

 ther Roots they are to be cut away, neither 

 need they be fpar*d to the Delay of the Work, 

 except it be fuch as you intend to plant : No 

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