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another at the diftance of eight feet ^ for 

 then nev; horizontals may be laid almoft 

 every year, which will produce better fruit 

 than thofe that are older. 



Likewife the heat reflefted from the 

 earth makes a great addition to the fruit ; 

 for thefe reafoiis I chafe to place vines in 

 the middle of the fpaces between peaches 

 and nectarines, in order to fill up the va- 

 cancies, othei^vife part of the wall would 

 be naked at the bottom, as appears in 

 Plate IV. Fig. 6. 



CHAP. LXVIII. 



Of the Pruning and Nailing a Vine-branch 

 that is eight or ten feet long. 



FIG. 8. is a long fhoot turned to fill a 

 narrov/ piece of walling -, it has many 

 buds taken off, and only fuch remaining 

 vipon it as are likely to produce bearing 

 branches, at diftances from one another 

 proper for them to be nailed > by this means 

 I have caufed one branch to produce as 

 many bearers as have the next fummer 

 born above twenty bunches of grapes, as 



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