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fhc Fruit will not thrive : So that 

 the not obferving this Manage- 

 ment, will caufe the Grapes to be 

 a Fortnight later before they ripen. 

 Befides, by fuffering the Fruit to 

 hang from the Wall, and be fliadcd 

 with the Clofeners of the Branches, 

 it is greatly retarded in its Growth : 

 Therefore, during the growing Sea- 

 fbn, you fhould conftantly look over 

 the Vines, difplacing all dangling 

 Branches and wild Wood, and fa- 

 ften up the other Shoots regularly 

 to the Wall, as they are extended 

 in Length i and towards the latter 

 End ot May, you (hould flop the 

 Bearing-Branches, which will ftreng- 

 then the Fruit, provided you always 

 leave three Eyes above the Bunches; 

 for if you flop them too foon, it 

 will injure the Fruit, by taking 

 away that Part of the Branch which 

 is neceflary to attract the Nourifh- 

 ment of the Fruit, as alfo to per- 

 fpire off the Crudities of the Sap, 

 which is not proper for the Fruit 

 to receive. 



But although 1 recommend the 

 (lopping thofe Shoots which have 

 Fruit at this Seafon, yet you fhould 

 by no means ftop thofe which are 

 intended for bearing the next Year, 

 bctore the Beginning of J^uly, left 

 by flopping them too foon, you 

 caufe the Eyes to fhoot out ftrong 

 lateral Branches, whereby they will 

 be greatly injured. Thefe there- 

 fore fhould be train'd upright againft 

 the Wall until that Time; when 

 their Tops may be nipp'd off, to 

 ^ive Strength to the lower Buds. 



Daring the Summer Seafon, you 

 ftiould be very careful to rub off 

 all dangling Branches, and train up 

 the Shoots regularly to the Wall, 

 which will greatly accelerate the 

 Growekof the Fruit; and alfo ad- 

 mit the Sun and Air to them, which 

 ^ abfolutcly oecelfiry to ripeu, and 



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give the Fruit a rich Flavour ; but 

 you mufl never divcfl: the Branches 

 of their Leaves, as isthePradlice of 

 fome Perfonsj for altho'theadmit- 

 ing of the Sun is neceffary to ripen 

 them, yet if they are too much 

 cxpos'd thereto, their Skins will 

 be tough, and they will rarely ripen ; 

 Belides, the Leaves being abfolutely 

 neceffary to nourifh the Fruit by- 

 taking them off, the Fruit is flarv'd, 

 and feldom comes to any Size, as 

 I have feveral times obferv'd ; there- 

 fore a great Regard fhould be had 

 to the Summer Management of the 

 Vines, where Perfons are defirous to 

 have their Fruit excellent and duly 

 ripcn'd. 



When the Fruit are all gather'd, 

 you fhould prune the Vines, whereby 

 the Litter of their Leaves will be 

 intireJy remov'd at once, and the 

 Fruit will be the forwarder the 

 fucceeding Year, as has been before 

 obferv'd. 



Having thus treated of the Ma- 

 nagement o^ Vines againft Walls, <^c» 

 I come next to the Culture of fuch 

 as are planted in Vineyards. 



Of Vineyards in England. 



There have ot late Years been 

 but very few Vineyards in EagUmf, 

 thp' they were formerly very com- 

 mon, as may be gather'd from the 

 feveral Places in divers Parts of 

 England, which yet retain rhat 

 Name; as alfo from antient Re- 

 cords, which teflify the Quantities 

 ot Ground which were allotted tor 

 Vineyards, to Abbeys and Monafte- 

 ries for Wine for the Ufe of the 

 Inhabitants : But as to the Quality 

 of the Wines which were then 

 produc'd in England, we are at pre- 

 fent ignorant; and how thefe Vine- 

 yards were rooted up, and became 

 ib generally neglc6lcd, wc have no 



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