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CULTIVATION of the VINE. 



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rhe tofuch a pitch, as to interrupt their trade; beftdes it 

 mujt^ when brought to perfe6lion^ be a double advantage 

 to fuchmen; for it is %i)ell known, that the ivine merchant s, 

 in all wine countries, gain more by wine than the people 

 that make it ; and their gain willjlill be increafed, when 



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Monmouth, New-Jerfey, 



Shrewfbury, May 10 1769. 



An Effay on the Cultivation of the VINE, <6'c. 



H E vine, if confidered in its full extent of plcafurc, 

 ^^ profit and ufefulnefs to man, challenges, next to 

 what affords us bread, the chief place among the vegetable 

 creation; its fruit, when thoroughly ripe, is pleafmg to 

 the eye, grateful to the taftc, comforting to the ftomach, 

 refrefhing to the body when eaten with caution and mo- 

 deration, and greatly contributes to health. ^ Its juices, 

 when cxpreffed and rightly fermented and purified accord- 

 ing to art, partake of a noble fpirit truly homogeneous and 

 fit for the ufe of man. They gladden his heart, remove 



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