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tJien the Hole (hould be fiU'd up 

 v/ith Earth, preffing it gently with 

 the Feet to the Cutting, and railing 

 a little Hill to each about three In- 

 ches, fo as to juft cover the upper- 

 nioft Eye or Bud, which will pre- 

 vent the Wind and Sun from drying 

 any Part of the Cuttings, and this 

 upper Eye only will fhoot, the un- 

 der ones moft of them will pufh 

 out Roots ; fo that this Shoot will 

 be very ftrong and vigorous. 



After they arc thus planted, they 

 v/ill require no other Care until 

 they fhoot, except to keep the 

 Ground clear from Weeds, which 

 Ihould be conftantly obferv'd : But 

 as to Watering, or any other Trou- 

 ble, there will be no Occafion tor 

 it, not with ftanding what Ibme Peo- 

 ple have directed ; for in England 

 there is no Danger of their mifcar- 

 rying by Drought. When the 

 Cuttinss be^in to Ihoot, there fliould 

 be a i'mali Stick of about three 

 Feet long ftuck down by each, to 

 which the Shoots ihould be fafl:- 

 en'd to prevent their breaking or 

 lying upon the Ground, ib that as 

 the Shoots advance, the Faftening 

 fhould be renew'd, and all fmall la- 

 teral Shoots (if there are any fuch 

 produc'd) fliould be conftantly dif- 

 plac'd, and the Ground between 

 the Vines always kept clean. This 

 is the whole Management which 

 is requir'd the firll Summer. 



But at Michaelmas, when the 

 Vines have done (hooting, they 

 ihould be prun'd j for if they are 

 left unprun'd till Spring, their Shoots 

 being tender (elpecially towards 

 their upper Parts) will be in Dan- 

 ger of fuffering, if the Winter 

 Ihould prove fevcrc. 



This Pruning is only to cut 

 ■down all the Shoots to two Eyes j 

 ?.r.d if after this is done, the Earth 

 be drawn up m a Hill zho'dz each 



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Plant, it will ftill be a greater De- 

 fence againft Froft. 



At the Beginning of March, the 

 Ground between the Vines fliould 

 be well dug, to loofen it, and ren- 

 der it clean, but you fliould be 

 careful not to dig deep dole to the 

 Vines, left thereby their Roots fliould 

 be cut or bruis'd ; and at the fame 

 time the Earth Ihould be again laid 

 up in a Hill about each Plant, but 

 there muft be Care taken not to 

 bury the two young Eyes of the 

 former Year's Shoot, which were 

 left to produce new Wood. 



At the Beginning of May, when 

 the Vines are Ihooting, there fliould 

 be fome Stakes fix'd down to the 

 Side of each Plant, which muft be 

 fomewhat taller and ftronger than 

 thofe of the former Yearj to thefe 

 the two Shoots (if fo many are 

 produc'd) Ihould be faften'd, and 

 all the fmall trailing or lateral Shoots 

 fliould be conftantly difplac'd, that 

 the other Shoots may be ftronger i 

 and the Ground fliouid alio be kept 

 very clear from Weeds, as before. 



At Michaelmas thefe Vines fhould 

 be pruiVd again, in the followine 

 Manner. Thole of them whica 

 have produc'd two ftrong Shoots 

 of equal Vigour, muft be cut down 

 to three Eyes each j but fuch which 

 have one ftrong Shoot and a weak 

 one, the ftrong one muft be fliort- 

 en'd to three Eyes, and the weak 

 one to tv/o ; and fuch Vi?jes which 

 have produc'd but one ftrong Shoot, 

 fhould be fliorten'd down to two 

 Eyes alfo, in order to obtain more 

 Wood againft the fucceeding Year. 



In the Spring, about the Begin- 

 ning of March, the Ground be- 

 tween the Vims fhould be again 

 dug, as be [ore, and two Stakes 

 fljou'd be plac'd down by the Side 

 ot ail fuch Vines as have two Shoots. 

 at fuch Diibncc en each Side of 



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