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budded in the fame manner, and planted 

 four feet afander every way. 



The ground fhould be ^kept clear from 

 weeds, and no more than one branch fuf- 

 fered to grow upon each plant the firft 

 fummer. 



In the winter or February after, they 

 muft be cut according to their ftrength 5 

 and fuch as have a fnoot betwixt two and 

 three feet long may be cut about a foot 

 from the ground, and all the buds taken 

 off except the two higheft 3 for the three 

 loweft feldom produce any fruit, and the 

 flioots that they would make would only 

 weaken the reft. -^ 



If a plant has made a weak (hoot, there 

 fhould be only the fourth bud from tte 

 lower end left upon it. '> I 



But as a vine increafes in flrength, fo 

 fhould it alfo in its number of branches, 

 till they come to eight, all proceeding from 

 the top of a ftem or head that is ^not more 

 than a foot high. - "\/r: . ^ f-jit 



VjAnd at the time of winter-pruning there 

 muft never be more than the third, fourth 

 and fifth buds left upon a young branch ; 



the 



