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to the wall in the molt regular manner, to 

 admit all poffible benefit of the fun, both to 

 promote the free growth and ripening of the 

 fruit, as well as to ripen the proper (hoots in 

 a mature degree for next year's bearers ; and 

 obferving, as many fmall fhoots are emitted 

 from the eyes of the principal ones, they 

 Ihould be detached, rubbed off clofe in their 

 young growth, leaving the prnc.pal fhoots 

 clear of incumbrance, and thefe aiways trained 

 along clofe to the wall ; and thus the grapes 

 will acquire good perfeciion tirneoully in the 

 proper leafon; 



When the general extreme fhoots have ad- 

 vanced confidcrably in length, or over-top 

 the wall, ^or extended beyond their allotted 

 bounds, they may be more or lefs fliortened, 

 as required. 



The vines trained in efpaliers, or in vine- 

 yards, to ilakes, ihould alio have a Summer 

 regulation as above, of pruning out the ufc- 

 lefs, and training in the fruitful and other 

 proper Ihoots of the year in regular order. 



In the early Summer dreflirg, in April and 

 May, &c. while the (hoots are young, the 

 difplacing the improper fhoots may be per- 

 formed without a knife, by rubbing or break- 

 ing them off clofe with the linger and thumb; 

 but when they are more advanced, groivn 

 more bard and woody, the knife muH be ufed, 

 cfpecially in detaching the large ihoots. 



In the Summ.er regulation of vines, it is of 



particular importance to begin early, about 



April or May, as before obferved, to rub off 



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