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Root. The Fruit is good for little, 

 but Shew, therefore one Plane of 

 this Kind is enough in a Garden. 



Belide thofe here mcntion'd, there 

 are a great Variety of other Sorts, 

 v/hich are the Produce of warmer 

 Countries, Ibme of which have 

 been introduced lately into England j 

 but as it is uncertain at prefent, 

 how thefe will ripen in this Cli- 

 mate, I thought it proper to omit 

 mentioning them in this Place j be- 

 ^des, it is very probable, that many 

 of them may prove the fame we 

 already have, under different Names j 

 for as thefe Fruits are brought from 

 different Countries, Co they fcldom 

 come w^ith the fame Names j and 

 it is this hafty Temper to increafe 

 the Number of Sorts, which has 

 confounded the prefent Catalogues 

 of Fruits. 



All the Sorts of Vines are propa- 

 gated either from Layers or Cuttings, 

 the former of which is greatly 

 pradtis'd in England, but the latter 

 is what I would recommend, as 

 teing much preferable to the other. 

 For the Roots of Vines do not grow 

 flrong and woody, as in mod: Sorts 

 of Trees, but are long, flender, and 

 pliant ■■, fb that when they ape taken 

 out of the Ground, they fcldom 

 flrike out again, but flirivel and dry, 

 io that they rather retard than help 

 the Plants in their Growth, by pre- 

 venting thenew Fibres from pufliing 

 outi for which realbn I had rather 

 plant a good Cutting than a rooted 

 Plant, provided it be well chofen, 

 and there is lefs Danger of its not 

 growing. 



But as there are few Perfbns who 

 make Choice of proper Cuttings, 

 or at leaft that do form their Cut- 

 tings rightly, in England, fo it will 

 be proper to give Direftions for 

 this Work in the firft Place, before 

 I proceedt You (hould always 



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make Choice of fuch Shoots as 

 are flrong and well ripened of the 

 lafl Year's Growth ; thefe fhould be 

 cut from the old Vine, jufl: below 

 the Place where they were pro* 

 duced, taking a Knot of the Two- 

 years Wood, which fhould be pruned 

 fmoothi then you fhould cut off 

 the upper Part of the Shoot, £o as 

 to leave the Cutting about fixteen 

 Inches long : Now, in making the 

 Cuttings after this manner, there 

 can be but one taken from each 

 Shoot i whereas moft Perfbns cut 

 them into Lengths of about a Foot, 

 and plant them all, which is very 

 wrong J for the upper Part of the 

 Shoots are never fo well ripen'd as 

 the lower Part which was produced 

 early in the Spring,- fo that if they 

 do take Root, they never make fo 

 good Plants, for the Wood of thofe 

 Cuttings being Tpungy and fofr, 

 admits the Moiflure too fi^eely, 

 vvhereby the Plants will be luxu- 

 riant in Growth, but never fo fruit- 

 ful as fuch whofe Wood is clofer 

 and more compact. 



When the Cuttings are thus pre- 

 pared, they fhould be placed with 

 their lower Part into the Ground, 

 in a dry Place, laying fome Litter 

 about their upper Parts, to prevent 

 them from drying ; in this Situa-, 

 tion they may remain until the Be^ 

 ginning o^ April, (wKicli is the 

 befl Time for planting rhcm) when 

 you fhould take them out, and wafh 

 them from the Filth they have con- 

 traded j and iFyou find them very 

 dry, you Hiould let them Hand with 

 their lower Parts in Water, fix or 

 eight Hours, which will diftend 

 their VefTels, and difpofe them for 

 taking Root. Then fet about pre- 

 paring the Ground where the Plants 

 are defigned to remain, (whether 

 againft Walls or for Standards) for 

 they fhould not be removed asain 

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