212 A TREATISE OF 



The beft flavoured grapes, and the 

 largeft, that ever I tafled, w^ere produced 

 from vines planted againfl a w^all about 

 four feet and a half high, without any co- 

 vering in front j tho' not fo early ripe as 

 thofe within ftoves ; and this is the only 

 fort of wall 1 fhould choofe, provided 

 glafles could be placed againfl it at plea- 

 fure ; which fhould be done when the 

 nights are frofty, and either taken off or 

 opened more or lefs every day when the 

 w^eather is fine. 



There ought to be a few bars of wood 

 nailed upon the wall, about an inch thick, 

 to prevent either the fruit or the branches 

 from being injured by too much heat. 



The borders fhould be of the fame foil 

 as thofe for other fruit-trees, and not fuch 

 as is prefcribed for vines againft other 

 walls 5 but thefe fhould be watered with the 

 ■fame mixtures, and as often as the others, 

 and mufl in fummer be watered every 

 night over and above with water alone, 

 except when the furface of the border is 

 made wet with rain. 



I need not give any direftlons for build- 

 ing walls for the purpofes before mentioned, 



there 



