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consequently free egress and plenty of room musé cer- 
tainly be essential, where the intention is to retain unin- 
terrupted fertility for a long time; beside which we ought 
evident that we ought not to be penurious in this respect. 
mmendation is to make them ten feet wide 
at the commencement, add five feet more the next season, 
and five feet again the year following, making a total of 
twenty feet, which will give ample space for a long time ; 
but if success should attend the same stock some ten or 
fifteen years, and the roots at the end of ~ time are 
found so closely cues i of more ex- 
tension, it wo sable to add “oe five feet, so 
that in making first peat it is well to forecast after ne- 
cessaries. Many will, no doubt, think that this is a waste 
_ of land that might be turned to advantage in other ways, 
and others may not have so much ground at command for 
the purpose. As to the first objection, it may be answered 
by the simple question of, what more paying crop can be 
put on the added fifteen square feet that will be required 
for each vine, than the increase of two or three — ot 
good exotic grapes, beside the benefit sccured by re’ 
ing the natural longevity of the plant, where wae 
tleserves to be classed with the things that were,—depend 
upon it, if all its wants are duly supplied, and the house _ 
substantiall 
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