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is the more plentiful Bearer, and 

 ripens later than the former. 



There is al fo another Sort of the 

 white Bind, v/hich ripens a Week 

 or ten Days before the common j 

 but this is tenderer, and a lefs plen- 

 tiful Bearer : But it has this Advan- 

 tage, it comes fir ft to Market. 



But if three Grounds, or if three 

 diftant Parts of one Ground be 

 planted with thefe three Sorts, 

 there will be this Conveniency, that 

 they may be pick'd fuccelliveiy as 

 they become ripe. 



The Sets ought to be procur'd 

 out or Grounds that are intirely of 

 the J[ame Sort you would have; 

 they fnould be five or fix Inches 

 IcMig, with three or more Johits or 

 Buds on them, all the old Bind and 

 hoUov/ Part of the Set being cut 

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If there be a Sort of Hop you 

 value, and would increafe Plants and 

 Sets from, the fuperfluous Binds 

 may be laid down when the Hops 

 are ty'd, cutting off the Tops, and 

 burying them in the Hills ,• or when 

 the Hops are drefs'd, all the Cuttings 

 may be favM, and hid in Rows in 

 a Bed of good Earth, for almoft 

 every Part will grow, and become 

 a good Set the next Spring. - 



Some have try'd to raile a Hop- 

 Ground by jbwing Seeds 5 but that 

 turns to no Account, becaufe that 

 Way is not only tedious, but the 

 Bop fo produc'd are commonly of 

 ditiercnt Kinds, and many of them 

 wild and barren. . 



As to the Seafbns of planting Hops^ 

 the Xe«^i/7; Planters bell approve the 

 Months of Ociober and March, both 

 which fucceed very wdl ; but the 

 common Sets are not to be had in 

 Ociober, unlefs from feme Ground 

 that is to be digged up and de- 

 ftroy'd; and likewife there is fome 

 Danger, that the Sets may be rotted 



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if the Winter proves very wet : 

 But the moft ufual Time of procur- 

 ing them is in March when the 

 Hops are cut and drclTed. 



As to the Manner of planting the 

 Sets, you fhould put five good Sets 

 in every Hole with a Setting-flick j 

 one is to be plac'd in the Middle^ 

 and the refl round about, floping, 

 the Tops meeting at the Center : 

 They muft fland even with the 

 Surtace of the Ground j let them 

 be prefs'd clofe with the Hand, and 

 cover'd with fine Earth, and a Stick 

 fliould be plac'd on each Side the 

 Hill to fecure it. 



The Ground being thus planted, 

 all that is to be done more that 

 Summer, is to keep the Hills clear 

 from Weeds, and to dig up the 

 Ground about the Month of May^ 

 and to gather up the' Stones, if 

 more are turn'd up by digging, to 

 raife a fmall Hill round about the 

 Plants : And in yune, you mufl: 

 twift the young Binds or Branches 

 together into a Bunch or Knot, for 

 if they are ty'd up to fmall Poles 

 the firft Year, in order to have a 

 few Hops from them, it will not 

 countervail the weakning of the 

 Plants. ^ 



A Mixture of Compofl or Dung 

 being prepared for your Hop-Ground^, 

 the be(l Time for laying it on, if 

 the Weather proves dry, is about 

 Michaelmas, that the Wheels of the 

 Dung- Cart may not injure the Hops, 

 nor furrow the Ground : If this be. 

 not done th^n, you mull be oblig'd 

 to wait till the Froft has haiden'd 

 the Ground, fo that it will bear 

 the Dung-Cart 1 And this is alio 

 the Time to carry. on your new 

 Poles, to recruit thoie that are de- 

 cay 'd, and to be caft out every 

 Year. 



If you have good Store of Dung, 

 the bell V/ay will be to Ipread it. 



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