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thefe Juices have more, cither by 

 Fermentation, or from any other 

 Caufe, will render them weaker 

 and lefs fpirituous. Of this we 

 have many Inftances in Fruits j for 

 if we tranfplant any of our Sum- 

 mer or Autumn Fruits, which ri- 

 pen perfedtly in England without 

 the Afliftance of Art, into a Cli- 

 mate a few Degrees warmer, thefe 

 Fruits will be mealy and infipid : 

 So likewife if we bake or (lew any 

 of thefe Fruits, they will be good 

 for little, lofing all their Spirit and 

 Flavour by the additional Heat of 

 the Fire ,• and fuch Fruits as are by 

 no means eatable raw, are hereby 

 render'd exquilite, which if trans- 

 planted into a warmer Climate, 

 have, by the additional Heat of the 

 Sun, been alfo alter'd fo as to ex- 

 ceed the moll delicious of our 

 Fruit in this Country. 



From whence it is plain, that 

 thofe Grapes which are agreeable 

 to the Palate for Eating, are not 

 proper for Wine i in making of 

 which, their Juices muft undergo 

 a ftrong Fermentation. Therefore 

 iince we have in England been on- 

 ly propagating the mofl: palatable 

 Grapes for Eating, and neglefted 

 the other Sorts, before we plant 

 Vineyards, we fhould take Care to 

 be provided with the proper Sorts 

 from abroad ; which fliould be cho- 

 fen according to the Sort of Wines 

 intended to be imitated: Tho' I 

 believe the mofl: probable Sort to 

 Tucceed in England is the Auvernat 

 or true Burgmidy Grape (which 

 w^hatever fome Peribns may pre- 

 tend, is, at prefent, very rare, in 

 England-, moll: People taking the 

 Munier Grape for the Burgundy : ) 

 This Sort of Grape is moll pre- 

 ferr'd in Burgundy^ Champaign, Or- 

 leans., and moft of the other Wine 

 Countries in France y and I am m- 



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form'd, that It fucceeds very well iti 

 feveral Places to the North of Pa- 

 risy where proper Care is taken of 

 its Management: So that I fhould 

 advife fuch Perfbns who would 

 try the Succefs of Vineyards in Eng- 

 land, to procure Cuttings of this 

 Grape from thofe Countries} but 

 herein fome Perfon of Integrity 

 and Judgment fhould be imploy'd 

 to get them from fuch Vineyards! 

 where no other Sorts of Grapes are 

 cultivated, which is very rare to 

 find, unlefs in fome particular Vine- 

 yards of the Citizens, who are ve- 

 ry exaa to keep up the Reputa- 

 tion of their Wines -y nothing being 

 more common than for the Vigne- 

 rom to plant three or four Sorts of 

 Grapes in the fame Vineyard, and 

 at the Time of Vintage to mix 

 them all together, which renders 

 their Wines lefs delicate than in 

 fuch Places where they have only 

 this one true Sort of Grape. And 

 here I would caution every one a- 

 gainll mixing the Jaice of more 

 Grapes than one Sort, which will 

 caufe it to ferment at different 

 Times, and in different Manners. 



The Cuttings being thus provi- 

 ded (for I would always prefer 

 thefe to Layers, or rooted Plants, 

 for the Reafons given at the Be- 

 ginning of the Article Vitis) about 

 the Beginning oi April is the bed 

 Seafon for Planting} when it will 

 be proper to put the lower Ends 

 of the Cuttings in Water about 

 three Inches, fetting them upright 

 for fix or eight Hours before thev 

 are us'd ; then at the Center of e- 

 very crois Mark already made by a 

 Line, to the Dillance the Vines are 

 dclign'd, (liould be a Hole mads 

 with a Spade or other Inftrument, 

 about a Foot deep: into each of 

 which fiiould bo put one llron'T- 

 Cutting, piacini^ it a little flopinq, 



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