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tied in regularly to the trellis or (lakes, fix to 

 eight or ten inches dillance, or more. 



In vines, where there any naked below,^ or 

 deftitute in the lower pares of proper bearing 

 wood, or that you are delTrous to extend them 

 further along any vacant part of the wall, &c. 

 fome of the lower young branches or ftrcng 

 ihoots, of fome confiderable length, may, in 

 Autumn, Winter, or Spring, be laid down 

 into the earth, w ith the top a foot or two, or 

 more, above ground, as directed in the pro- 

 pagation thereof by layers. They will ilrike 

 root below, and llioot above, to furnifh the 

 vacancies required ; and thus may always 

 keep the vines well furnifhed with proper 

 wood quite from the bottom, or extended 

 iide-'.vays. 



To have the grapes ripened in good perfec- 

 tion, obferve always, during the Summer's 

 growth of the vines, in general to keep them 

 well cleared from all ufelefs Ihoots of the year, 

 before defcribed ; and train the fruitful and 

 other proper llioots clofe to the wall, &c. to 

 admit the full power of the fun. They v/ill 

 thus ripen, in Auguil, September, and Oc- 

 tober, in the different varieties, as before re- 

 marked ; and Ihould be gathered accordingly, 

 or as wanted, permitting them generally to 

 . acquire full maturity. They can never be too 

 ripe in this country. 



When the grapes are ripe, thev being often 



attacked by birds, wnfps flies. Sec. it is ad- 



vifeable to protect them, either u'ith nets, to 



keep oiF the birds, or, to guard ths:m both 



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