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CULTIVATION ot- the VINE. 



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their dangers, few or none of the fame fpecies will come 

 into the vineyard that feafon. 



The fame grub, which is a iliort fmooth earth worm, 

 that cuts off the Engliih beans, &c. is very hurtful to 

 young vines, often cuts ofl^ the cholceft branches; if the 

 earth were taken away round the foot of the vine, about 

 two inches down, and fome tar and hog's lard, mixed in equal 

 quantities, were daubed round that part of the vine, I 



though I never have made the experiment, it 

 would prevent the mifchicf 



Vine frettcrs a]fo are often injurious to vines; they are 

 very fmall animalcute, or infeds, of what fpecies, I have 



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examined, but they appear in great numbers, in 

 mere cluilers, upon the young tender branches, upon the 

 juice of which they feed; the only remedy I know, is to 

 take away the branch with them upon it, and fo deftroy 

 them bodily ; but if the branch cannot be fpared, they muft 

 be malhed and rubbed off by a careful tender hand; if 

 they are chiefly deftroyed the firft two or three years, they 

 are not fo numerous nor fo troublefome afterward* 



It is common with gardeners and vignerons, who can- 

 not bear to fee a good piece of ground lie idle, to raife a 

 crop of cabbages, coUiilowers or brocoli, between vines 

 when young. This is very wrong and very injurious to 

 vineyards, for it not only cramps the growth of the vines, 

 but robs the loil of thofe rich faks and fulphureous oils 



wliich are neceilary to bring the fruit to perfection when 

 the vines begin to bear. The foil cannot be too frefli for 

 a vineyard, provided it be not too rank, and therefore a 

 frefh new foil, that has never been ploughed, at leail not 

 in many years, is afvays recommended as molt proper 

 for a vineyard. A clean, light, warm, rich foil, that has 



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a great mixture of find is beft; a rank, heavy, ftubborn 



it is apt to rot the vines, unlefs it lies 



is rrot good 



foil 



high along the fouth and fouth-eafl: fides of hills and 

 mountains, the drynefs of the fituation and the intenfe 

 heat of the fun greatly alter fuch a foil, and meliorate it, 



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