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cover tbemfelves; for at that time, if your Vines fliall 

 iliovv fruit, take it all off, for in refting feafons you are 

 to regard the wood only. 



As the weather becomes warm, there mufl: be a good 

 quantify of free air adrriitted to the Vines every day, which 

 is i-noil receffary for the fweUing of the fruit ; but at the 

 fame time, the glnfits fhould be clofe fhut every night, o- 

 thcrwife the cold dews will retard the growth of the 

 fruit; but in fome hot fultry nights they may be quite 

 exnofcd to the weather. 



Some of the bunches of thofe grapes, after they are . 

 quite formed, will appear very thick and clofe on the 

 ftalks, which, when they come to their proper fize, would 

 entirely prevent their ripening. It will therefore be very 

 proper, when the fruit is young, to cut off fome of the 

 fmalleft with narrow pointed fciiFars; by which means, 

 V hat vou leave will ripen equally, and appear Tightly. By 

 the fecond week in July, the Grapes will be full grown, at 

 which time the glalTes may be kept quite off, as the fine 

 flavour of the fruit is owing to the portion of free air that 

 is given them ; but fhould the feal'on prove cold and wet, 

 the glaffts mull be laid on every night : but obferve, that 

 in Aupijl vcu preferve the fruit from the night dews 

 and morning colds, otherwife their ripening will be 

 retarded. The Grapes, when ripe, will be preyed upon 

 by the birds and waips ; the rerredies for the firft arc 

 rets and birdlime, put upon twigs fattened to the rail ; and 

 when thti'e thieves are catched by the nets or tl e bird- 

 lime, let the bodies of the malefadors remain hanging 

 there, to terrify their comrades by their fate; to deftroy 

 the Mafps, hang glafs-vials upon the trelace, half full oi 

 honey water, into which they will go, by the attraQing 

 fmell of the honey, and meet their fate. 



Early in S'pteivbfr you may expe6t to have ripe fruit, 

 efpecially the Frontiniacs ; but they (hould not hs. gather- 

 ed before they are quite ripe, as the defign of forcing is 

 to have the Grapes in perfeclicn, rather than early. 



At ihe time of tht ripening, negleft no favourable op- 

 porturitv ti admit free sir, for at this feafon, nightly 

 damps arife, which might mould the fruit; and for fuch 

 Ciapes as do not lipenjinfil late in O^fober and Notem- 

 ler^ it will be proper to light fome gentle fires in the 



evening"^ 



