266 of Orchards^ Vineyards^ 8cc. 



let in the Rays of the Sun> for the Ripening 

 of your Fruit. 



Of Vineyards. 



That Vineyards may be fo cultured in Eng* 

 land^ as to produce large Qiiantities of Grapes, 

 and thofe fo well ripen'd, as to afford a good 

 and fubftantial vinous Juice, needs no Demon- 

 ftration, when in feveral Parts of Somerfeu 

 j&/><? there are at this Time flouriftiing Vine- 

 yards 5 and the Vineyard of the late i>ir Wil- 

 liam Bajjet in that County, has annually fur- 

 nifti'd fome Hogfheads of good body'd and pa- 

 latable Wines, which I have been credibly in- 

 formed by Gentlemen who have drank confide- 

 rable Qtiantities of it with the greateft Satif^ 

 fadion. 



It is not fo much owing to the Inclemency 

 of the Air here in England^ that our Grapes 

 are generally fo very much inferior to thofe 

 of France and other hotter Climates, as to 

 the Want of an exaft Culture 5 tho' I con- 

 fefs at the fame Time, that the bcft Manage- 

 ment will not anfwer our Expedations with- 

 out a tolerable Seafon to ripen the Fruit ^ and 

 fometimes the Varioufnefs of the Weather in 

 the Summer will unavoidably render the Fruit 

 fow r and immature 5 but this does not always 

 or generally happen, and therefore we are not 



to be difcourag d. 



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