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tfiefc is nothing more injurious to 

 Vines than the leaving too much 

 Wood upon them, efpccially while 

 they are young, or the over-bear- 

 ing them, which will weaken 'cm 

 fo much, as not to be recover 'd a- 

 gain to a good State in feveral 

 Years, tho' they fhould be manag'd 

 ^ith all poflible Skill. 



In March the Ground between 

 the Vines fliould be well dug, ob- 

 serving not to injure their Roots 

 Tby digging too deep near themj 

 i)Ut where there are fmall horizon- 

 tal Roots produc'd, on or near the 

 Surface of the Ground, they fhould 

 he prun'd off clofc to the Place 

 Jivhere they were produc'd ; thefe 

 Jbemg what the Vigmrons call Day 

 Roots, and are by no means necef- 

 fary to be left on: And after ha- 

 ving dug the Ground, the Stakes 

 Ihould be plac'd down in the fol- 

 lowing manner: On each Side of 

 the Vine fliould be a Stake, put in 

 at about lixteen Inches from the 

 Root, to which the two Branches, 

 »vhich were prun'd to three Eyes 

 each, for Bearing, Ihould be faft- 

 en'd (obferving, as was before di- 

 rected, not to draw them down 

 too horizontally then another 

 taller Stake fhould be plac'd down 

 near the Foot of the F/«e, to which 

 the two Shoots, which were prun'd 

 down to two Eyes, fhould be fafl- 

 en'd, provided they are long enough 

 for that Purpofe i but if not, when 

 their Eyes begin to flioot, thefe 

 muft be train'd upright to the 

 Stakes, to prevent their trailing on 

 the Ground, or being broke by 

 the Wind. 



In Mny the Vines fhould be care- 

 fully look'd over again, at which 

 Time all weak lateral Branches 

 Ihculd be rubb'd off as they are 

 produc'd, and thofe Shoots which 

 ^ew Fruit, mufl be faften'd with 



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Bafs to the Stakes to prevent theif 

 being broke, until they are extend- 

 ed to three Joints beyond the Fruit, 

 where they fliould be flopp'd : But 

 the Shoots which are defign'd for 

 Bearing the following Sealbn, fhould 

 be kept train'd upright to the mid- 

 dle Stake J by which Method the 

 Fruit-Branches will not fliade thefe 

 middle Shoots, nor will the middle 

 Shoots fhade the Fruit; fo that each 

 will enjoy the Benefit of Sun and Air. 

 This Method fhould be repeated 

 every Fortnight or three Weeks, 

 from the Beginning of May to the 

 Middle or latter End of July^ 

 which will always keep the Shoota 

 in their right Pofition, whereby 

 their Leaves will not be inverted, 

 which greatly retards the Growth 

 of the Fruit, and by keeping the 

 Vines conflantly clear from horizon- 

 tal Shoots, the Fruit will not be 

 crowded with Leaves and fhaded, 

 but will have conflantly the Advan- 

 tage of Sun and Air equally, which 

 is of great Confequencej for where 

 the Fruit is cover'd with thefe dang- 

 ling Shoots in the Spring, and are 

 afterwards expos'd to the Air, eithet 

 by divefting thefe of iheir Leaves, 

 or elfe difplacing their Branches in- 

 tirely, as is often pradbis'd, the 

 Fruit will become hard, and re- 

 main at a perfect Stand for threa 

 Weeks, and fometimes will never 

 advance afterwards, as I have feve- 

 ral times obferv'd ; therefore there 

 cannot be too much Care taken to 

 keep them conflantly in a kindly 

 State of Growth, as the Vignerms 

 abroad well know, tho' in Bng- 

 land it is little regarded by the 

 Generality of Gardeners, who, whea 

 their Grapes fuffer by this Neglect, 

 immediately complain of the Cli- 

 mate, or the Untowardnefs of the 

 Seafbn, which is too often a Co- 

 ver for Neglects of this Nature: 



