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as they never bleed when cut in the 

 autumn. 



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IF the wood is not fufficiently ripened 

 by the end of July (which it generally is) 

 keep on the fires ten days longer ; then let 

 them out gradually, and they will be fit to 

 prune in the middle of September, without 

 danger, as the frofts feldom are very hard 

 nt that feafon. 



THE Vines will now be ftrong and 

 vigorous, and, at this cutting, every fixth 

 plant may be left a yard long, and thofe 

 between to three, four, and five eyes, ac- 

 cording to their ftrength, 



JN order to get the wall covered with 

 bearing wood, cut them floping as before 

 directed, and nail thern'; then fpread fome 

 very rotten dung four feet broad from the 

 wall, and prick it in with a dung fork (a 

 fpade fhould never be ufed nearer than four 

 feet of the wall) ; then all is finiihed for 

 this feafon. 



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