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the part above muft be cut off, and the 

 lower buds alfo. 



In fummer all fuckers proceeding from 

 the root fhould be taken away at their firft 

 appearance, but thofe branches putting 

 out of the ftem, about a foot from the 

 ground, muft be preferved for bearers ; as 

 alfo fuch fhoots as put out of old wood 

 at the top of the ftem ; and as many of 

 thefe flioots as are preferved, fo many of 

 thofe branches proceeding from the third 

 buds left on at firft (that is, the loweft buds 

 left on the fhoots in winter) muft be taken 

 off in the fummer, for they can feldom 

 be expeftcd to bear, and all they were in- 

 tended to do, was to produce fuch ftioots as 

 would bear fruit the next year, 



I choofe to leave thefe flioots upon the 

 ftem, or near it, to keep the head of the 

 tree in a little compafs, which could not 

 well be done by thofe flioots which pro- 

 ceed from the third, fourth, and fifth buds 

 that were preferved in the winter. 



As foon as the vines have ftied their 

 leaves, tak« away the earth from the ftem 

 of every one of them a foot round, till 



the 



