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^nd an appearance of Rain : You 

 rnuft, in doing or this, raife the 

 GhlTes either upon Bricks or 

 forked Sticks, v/hereby they may 

 Ibnd ftxure, at about two or 

 tl-.ree Inches high From the Ground, 

 that the Plants m;iy he under them 

 without bruin ng, nor fhould you 

 take the GhlTes quite aw.y until 

 the latter end of June, or the be- 

 ginning of Jiily, tor .thefe will pre- 

 ferve the Moifture much longer to 

 their Roots than if they were quite 

 exposed to the open Air: A^out 

 three Weeks after you have turn'd 

 the Plants out of the GlaiTes, ihey 

 v/ill have made a confiderable Pro- 

 grefs, efpeciar.y if the Weather has 

 been favourable j at which Time 

 you {houid dig up the Spaces of 

 Ground between the Ridges, hying 

 it very evenj then hy out the Run- 

 iiers of the Vines in exa6t Order, 

 and be careful in this Work not to 

 difturb the Vines too much, nor tQ 

 bruife or break the Leaves : This 

 digging qf the Ground will looien 

 it, and thereby render it eafy for 

 the Roots of the Plants to ftrike 

 into it? as alfo render the Surface 

 of the Earth more agreeable to the 

 Vines that run upon it : After this 

 there will be no faviher Care need- 

 ful, but only to keep them clear 

 from A'crds, and to water them 

 as often as they fliall require, which 

 thi y will foon (hew, by the hang- 

 ing ol- their greater Leaves. The 

 Ridges thus m.::nag'd will cont'nue 

 to produce large Quantities of Fruit 

 ffom June until the latter end of 

 Augiiji, after which Time, the 

 Coidneisot the Seafon renders them 

 uawholeiqme, elpccially if the Au- 

 tumn proves wet. 



From thefe Ridges People com- 

 monly preferve their CHcnmbers for 

 Seed, by making Choice of two or 

 three of the faireil Fruit upon each 



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Hole, never leaving above oneupmi 

 a Plant, and that lituated near the 

 Root ot it 5 for if you leave more, 

 they will weaken the Plants fo 

 much, that your other Fruit will 

 be fmall and fewer in Number* 

 Thefe fhould remain upon the 

 Vines until the end of Augu(i, that 

 the Seeds may be perfectly ripe> 

 and when you gather them from 

 the Vines, it will be proper to fet 

 the Fruit in a Row, upright againft 

 an Hedge or Wall, where they may 

 remain until the outer Cover begins 

 to decay j at which Time you 

 fhould cut them open and fcrape 

 out the Seeds, together with the 

 Pulp, into a Tub, which Ihould be 

 aftervv^ards cover'd with a Board, 

 to prevent Filth from getting a- 

 mongft the Pulp. In this Tub it 

 fhould be fuffer'd to remain eight 

 or ten Days, obferving to ftir it 

 v/ell with a long Stick to the Bot- 

 tom every Day, in order to rot the 

 Pulp, that it may be ealily fepa- 

 rated from the Seeds; then pour 

 Ibme V/ater into the Tub, ftirring 

 it well about, which will raife the 

 Scum to the Top, but the Seeds 

 will fettle to the Bottom, fo that 

 by two or three Times pouring in 

 Water, and afterwards llraining it 

 off from the Seeds, they will be 

 perfcdly clear'd from the Pulp; 

 then you fliould fpread the Seeds 

 upon a Mat, which fhould be ex- 

 pos'd to the open Air three or four 

 Days, until they are perfe6lly dry, 

 when they may be put up in Bigs, 

 and hung up in a dry Place, where 

 Vermin cannot come to them, 

 where they will keep good for fe- 

 veral Years, but are generally pre- 

 fcrr'd when three or four Years 

 old, as being apt to produce lefs 

 vigorous, but more fruitful Plants. 

 I fhall, in the next Place, proceed 

 10 give D..e.tioas for managing 



