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which care muft be taken, to dig the 

 earth fufficiently deep about each ftock, 

 or root, that all defedis may be difco- 

 vered, and that there may be room to 

 cut off all the old ilalks. When the 

 plants are thus vifited, and drefTed, the 

 earth fhouJd be raked back upon them. 

 The beft of the prunings will ferve for 

 frelh plantations. 



The general rule for poling is, when 

 the binds have fhot about two or three 

 inches out of the ground. Three or four 

 binds fhould be condu(5ted up each pole, 

 and confined, by being tied with mea- 

 dow-rufhes, or fedge, as before-de- 

 fcribedi which muft be repeated three 

 or four times, as occalion may require. 

 Sometimes, when the poles are long, and 

 the plants vigorous, it is neceflary to 

 have a ladder to tie them on the top. 



This bufmefs requires particular atten- 

 L 2 tion 



