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CULTIVATION of the VINE. 



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The line being ready, flretch it along the head or up- 

 per part of your iquare, fo that a rag appears at each 

 corner, drive down a ftake at every rag: This done, move 

 your hue doWn to the lower fide of the fquare, which iu 

 oppofite to the firft, and flretch your line along that, having 

 a rag at each corner, and drive down a ftake at every rag: 

 Then turn your line the other w^ayup and down, andfaften 

 your line to the upper and to the lower outfide flakes, fo that a 

 rag be at each ftake, and drive down a ftake at every rag, 

 and fo go on from ftake to ftake, till the whole be com- 

 pleated. If you have been careful not to difturb or move 

 the line, when you drove down the ftakes, and have driven 

 them all on the fame fide of the line, your fquare will be 

 uniform, and the ftakes near the ground, will range exadl- 



ly every way. 



If your vineyard be large enough to divide into four, fix, 



or eight fquares, or more, according to the diff'erent forts 

 of grapes you defign to have in it, and you are not pinched 

 for room, you will find it very convenient on many ac- 

 counts to have crofs walks of twelve feet, between the 

 fquares, not only to turn upon when ploughing, but tor 

 carting in of dung, and placing it handily for dunging the 



which will be a great faving of labour, befides be- 

 ing attended with many other advantages. 



Having ftaked your ground, which ought to be done 



when It is dry, becaufe it will fave you a great deal of la- 

 bour, in making it loofe and mellow again; and having 

 as many vine cuttings as you can plant in half a day, foak- 

 ing in rich dung water, in a pail, which ferves heft to keep 

 the plants upright, the butt ends being down, dig holes at 

 every ftake larger or fmaller,, according to your ownfan- 

 tafy and judgment : For it matters not, fo they are deep 

 enough to contain the plant. But here I muft clear up a 

 point, which has led many people into miftakesand ren- 

 dered this work more tedious, and that is the throwing In- 

 to the holes, in which the vines are planted, rich mould 

 mixed with old dung, thinking that this muft be a great ad- 

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