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Bat as T intend hereafter to treat in 

 particular about the Planting and 

 Management ot Vineyards, fo in this 

 Place 1 fhall confine myfelf only to 

 Tuch as are planted either againfl 

 Walls or Pales, for eating. 



In preparing the Ground, you 

 fhould coufider the Nature of the 

 Soil, which, if ftrong and inclinable 

 to Wet, is by no means proper tor 

 Grapes 5 but where it thus happens, 

 you fliould open a Trench againft 

 the Wall, which fliould be hll'd 

 with Lime Rubbifn, the better to 

 drain off the Moifturc, then raiie 

 the Border with frefn, light Earth, 

 about a Foot thick, fo that it may 

 be at leaft a Foot above the Lev'^el of 

 the Ground i then you fliould open 

 the Holes about iix Feet Diilance 

 from each other, putting one good 

 ftrong Cutting into each Hole, 

 which fhould be laid a little Hoping, 

 that their Tops may incline to the 

 Wall 5 but muft be put in fo deep, 

 that the uppermoft Eye may be 

 level with the Surface of the Ground : 

 for when there are two ox three 

 Eyes left above Ground, as is the 

 com mon Method ufcd by the Englijl} 

 Gardeners, they do all attempt to 

 Ihoot, fo that the Strength of the 

 Cuttings is divided to nourifli fo 

 many Shoots, whereas on the con- 

 trary, it is all employed on one lingle 

 Shoot, which conicqucntly will be 

 much Wronger j beiidcs, the Sun and 

 Air is apt to dry that Part of the 

 Shoots which remains above Ground, 

 and fo often prevents their Buds 

 from Hiooting. 



Then, havmg placed the Cutting 

 into the Hole, you fl-ould fill up the 

 Hole gently, prclfing down the 

 Eav'ii with jour Foot, and raife a 

 little Hill jull upon the Top of the 

 Cutting, to cover the upper Eye 

 quite over, which will prevent it 

 iiQva drying This being donCt 



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there is nothing more ncceflary, 

 than to keep the Ground clear 

 from Weeds, until the Cuttings be- 

 gin to flioot, at which time yoa 

 fliouid look over them carefully, to 

 rub off any dangling Shoots, if 

 fuch are produced, and fallen the 

 main Shoot to the Wall j which 

 Ihould be conftantly faftened up, as 

 it is extended in Length, to prevent 

 its breaking or hanging down. 

 You mufl continue alfo, during the 

 Summer Seafon, conftantly rubbing 

 off all lateral Shoots which are pro- 

 duced, leaving only the firft main 

 Shoot 5 and be fure to keep the 

 Ground conftantly clear from W eeds, 

 which, if fuffer'd to grow, will 

 exhaufl: the Goodnefs of the Soil, 

 and ilarve the Cuttings. 



The Michaelmas following, if your 

 Cuttings have produced ftrong 

 Shoots, you fliould prune them 

 down to two Eyes, (which, tho' 

 by ibme People may be thought 

 too Ihort, yet I am fatisfied, from 

 feveral Experiments, to be the befl: 

 Method) : The Reafon for advifmg 

 the pruning the Vines at this Seafon, 

 rather than deferring it till Spring, 

 is, becaufe the tender Parts of thole 

 young Shoots, if left on, are fubjedt 

 to decay in Winter, and imbibe 

 fome noxious Matter from the Air, 

 which greatly weakens their Roots; 

 fo that it they are cut off early in 

 Autumn, the Wounds will heal 

 over before the bad Weather, and 

 thereby the Roots will be greatly 

 ftrengthencd. 



In the Spring, after the cold Wea- 

 ther is paft , you muft geatly dig up 

 the Borders, to loofen. the Earth; 

 but you muft be very careful in 

 the doing of this, not to injure the 

 Roots of your Vines ; you fliould 

 alfo raife the Earth up to the Stems 

 of the Plants, fo as to cover the 

 old Wood, but not fo deep as to 

 z cover 



