428 The Fruit Garden, [Scpt^ 



are too clofe contlned between the branches, or entangled, 

 with each other, let them be loofened, fo that each may 

 hang fair in their proper poiition. 



If the vines have produced any (hoots in the former 

 month, let them be taken oiF wherever they aj-ipeaf, for 

 they are ufelefs and, if left on, they would caufe con- 

 fulion and irregularity, and alfo darken the fruit. 



Dejiroy VVaJ'ps and Flies, 



Continue to hangup phials of fugar.ed or honey-water^ 

 to catch the wafps and flies which/come to eat the Qvaytze 

 wall-fruit. '1 hefe intetis will do much mifchief to the 

 grapes, if fome precautioa-is n-ot taken -to prevent them; 

 therefore, belides the bottles of fvi."eetened water, let alfo 

 fome fmall bags made of thin prape be put over fome 

 of the fineil and ripeft bunches of grapes.' Thefe bags 

 Ihould be made jull fo large as to contain one bunch of 

 fruit: this will effedually keep off the infe^^s, and alfo 

 the birds : the 'atter will devour thefe fruit at a vaft rate, 

 if they can come at tliem, efpecially the fparrows. 



But thefe you may keep from the fruit hy fixing nets 

 before the vines, or hanging up fcare-crows of feathers, or 

 difcharging a gun or piltol ; but the moft certain method 

 to preferve fome of your fineft bunches of fruit from all 

 devourers, is to bag thcnras above direfted. 



Some, for want of crape-ba^s, ufe thofe of paper, but 

 thefe do not fo well, for the ?un is then too much ex- 

 cluded from the fruit ; and in wet weather, the paper be- 

 ing wetted, it adheres to the bunches and rots them ; 

 whereas the fun and air ha\^e free accefs through the 

 crape, and when wet they will very foon betome *dry 

 again ; and if wet weather continue, no inconvenience 

 attends the fruit by means of the bags. 



Hang up phials of fweetened water alfo upon the choice 

 kinds of fg- trees , for infedls generally fwarm about 

 thefe trees, to feed on the fruit. 



You fliould alfo watch birdsrvery well, or they will peok 

 and fpoil many of the beft figs. 



Gather Apples and Fears ^ 



Now begin to gather apples and pears for keeping, ac- 

 cording as ^ey are fit : many of the autumn forts will 



be 



