162 ON VINES. 



the fame time, with thofe under glaffes on 

 fire-walls ; only with this fmall difference, 

 that in the pruning the firft plant fhould 

 be cut to one eye ; the next to ten or fif- 

 teen, if ftrong ; the next to four eyes]; 

 and fo on to the end ; that is, one, ten, 

 four. 



THE reafon for this difference in prun- 

 ing is, that here they may be managed fo 

 as to grow much flronger than on a com- 

 mon fire-wall ; they have alib much fur- 

 ther to run, fo that the houfe mould be 

 furnifhed as foon as poffible, to keep good 

 wood in all parts of it. 



IT would be of great fervice to the Vines 

 to take the glaffes off the houfe as foon as 

 the fruit is gone ; but this mould be done 

 with care, as they mould be hardened 

 gradually, which may be done before the 

 fruit is all gathered ; for, after the grapes 

 are all cleared for ripening, there will be 

 JIQ occafion for much heat, fo that they 

 mayLnve air night and day. 



WHEN the leaves begin to grow yel- 

 low 



