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THE neareft Diftance that the Branches of Vines fhould be laid’ at, 
fhould be never lefs than one Foot, for if they have not abundance of 
Air to perfpire in, they will not thrive. All thofe Kinds whofe Leaves 
are very large, as the Raifin Grape, (Plate XLII, XLIV.) fhould, for 
the fame Reafon, be laid ar greater Diftances. 
THE fecond, third, fourth, dc. Years Wood of ‘the Vine, being, 
after the firft Year, for ever barren of themfelves of producing any more 
Fruits ; we muft therefore be always bringing up young Wood from the 
Sxtoin’ and other Parts of the Vine, to fucceed the preceding. But 
however, altho’ that the Branches of Vines do not of themfelves. pro- 
duce Fruits after the firft Year, yet Nature has been fo careful as to 
make a Provifion otherwife, which is at their feveral Joints ; from 
whence every Year {mall Branches are produced, (called by the French 
Courfons) which oftentimes produce good Fruits, as well as young Wood 
alfo, when “tis wanted to fucceed that which is pL eae barren, | 
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BUT we muft 4a fuffer any of thefe Kinds of Shoots to’ grow 
_ forward fromthe Wall ; and rhereforeschofe for our Purpofe are fuch as 
in their natural Growth, lie flat or parallel thereto. 
WHEN we prune off the End of a Vine-Branch, we fhould cut it 
off ppp 2 behind the Eye, and aoe two Inches above the fame. 
ABOUT the Beginning of May we fhould look over our : Vines 
aiid nail-clofe to the Wall all the feveral young Shoots, which are 
furnifh’d with Bunches of Fruits which then appear, as Fig. II. Plate X. 
that, as their Leaves augment their Magnitudes, and the Heat of the 
Summer advances, they may be protected during their Growth, from the 
Injuries of Heat and Cold : For thofe Grapes that are fuffer'd to grow 
“on Branches about fix, eight, or ten Inches from the Wall, and thereby 
fally expofed to the Sun, and drying Winds, have their tender Sap- 
Veffels foon dried up, and are therefore never worth a Farthing. 
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