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<^ovcr cither of the Eyes of the laH: 

 Year's Wood. After this they will 

 require no farther Care until they 

 begin to flioot, when you lliould 

 look over them carefully, to rub off 

 all weak, dangling Shoots, leaving 

 no more than the two Shoots, which 

 are produced from the two Eyes 

 of the laft Year's Wood, which 

 fliould be faflen'd to the Wallj and 

 lo from this, until the Vines have 

 done Ihootmg, you ihould look 

 them over, once in three Weeks, 

 to rub off all lateral Shoots as they 

 are produced, and to fallen the two 

 main Shoots to the Wail ; as they 

 are extended in Length, which 

 mufb not be fliortened before the 

 Middle of j^uly, when it will be 

 proper to nip off their Tops, which 

 will flrcngthen the lower Eyes. 

 And during the Summer Seafon, 

 you m ufl: conftantly keep t he Gvoli nd 

 c'ear from Weeds, nor fliould you 

 permit any Sort of Plants to grow 

 near the Vines, which would not 

 only rob them of NouriPnment, but 

 fliade the lower Parts of the Shoots, 

 and thereby prevent their ripening j 

 ■^vhich Will not only cauie their 

 Wood to be fpungy and luxuriant, 

 but render it lefs fruitful. 



At Michaelmas you Ihould prune 

 thefe aga:n, leaving three Buds to 

 each of the Shoots, provided ihey 

 are ftrong, otherwife it is better to 

 Iborten them down to two Eyes, 

 (for it is very wrong Pradtice to 

 leave much Wood upon young 

 Viaes, or to lay their Shoots m too 

 long, which greatly weakens the 

 Roots) then you Ihould taflien them 

 to the Wall, drawing each of them 

 out horizontally from the Stem j 

 imd in the Spring, dig the Borders 

 as before. 



The third Seafon you muft go 

 ovor the Vines again, io loon as they 

 begin to fnoot, rului/^^g off all 



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Danglers, as before, and training in 

 the leading Shoots, ( which this Sea- 

 fon may be fuppofed to be two 

 horn each Shoot of the lad Year's 

 Wood 5 but if they attempt to pro- 

 duce two Shoots from one Eye, 

 the weakefl; ot them mud: be rubbed 

 oif, tor there fliould never be more 

 than one allowed to come out of 

 at Eye). If any of them prodice 

 Fj uit, as many times they will the 

 third Year, you fliould not ftop 

 them, (fo foon as is generally prac- 

 tiied upon the bearing Shoots of old 

 Vi>2es) but permit them to flicoc 

 forward till Mid/u??77?7L'r, at which 

 time you may pinch off the Tops 

 ot the ShooLS, for if this were done 

 too fooa, it would fpoil the Buas 

 tor the next Year's Wood, whica 

 in young Vims muH be carefully 

 prelerved, becaufe there are no 

 Siio )ts laid in on purpofefor Wood, 

 as is commonly pra6i:is'd on old 

 Vines. 



During this Summer you mud 

 conftantiy go over your Vines, and 

 difplace all weak, lateral Shoots as 

 they are produced, and carefully 

 keep the Ground clear from Weeds, 

 (as was before diredled) that the 

 Shoots may ripen well, which is a 

 material thing to be obferved in 

 mofi: Sorts of Fruit-Trees, but efpc- 

 cially in Vines; which feldom pro- 

 duce any Fruit from immature 

 Blanches. Thefe things being duly 

 obierved, are all that is ncceflary in 

 the Management of young Vi?ies. 

 I illalU here fore proceed to lay down 

 Rules tor the Government of grown 

 Vin.os, which I fliall do as brici^y as 

 poffij'lc. And, 



Firlr, Vines do rarely produce 

 any Bearing-Siioots from Wood that 

 is more than one Year oldj there- 

 fore great Care fhould be taken to 

 have uich Wood in every Part ot 

 the Trees ; for the Fruit are always 



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