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The white Mu{cadine Grape beareth large bunches,and great Grapes, 
{weet and good, ripening well moft years, 
The Canada Grape, or Parfley Vine, hath the leaves more'cut in and 
divided, than thofe of any others the Grapes white, ripe with the 
laft, but thinly fet on the bunches, 
The red Mufcadine Grape is as large as the White, but not fo apt 
to ripen with us, requiring more Sun, - 
_ The Raifin of the Sun Grape is large, red and good, and in the 
‘ Southern parts ripens reafonable well, 
The Burfarobe isan excellent large, {weet, white Grape, of much 
eem in France, and in fome years will be ripe with us, 
The Frontiniackis a white Musky fweet Grape, but feldome comes 
to perfection, 
The Mufcat Grapes are moft efteemed in France, as the Chaffeluts, 
Bicane, and Rochel ; the Grapes are {weet and good, great bear- 
ers, and doubtlefs in a skilful hand, and good place, will do well 
with us, 
"The Burlet is the largeft Grape we have, and though the Grapes be 
four, as not ripening with us, yet the great bunches, and large white 
Grapes, makea gallant thew on a Wall, and will make very good 
Vinegar. — — 
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“There are more than a hundred £ everal fortsof Grapes , but thefe 
mentioned are fitteft for our Climate ; the moft agreeable are the 
three firft, All Vines are aptly encreafed by Layers or Cuttings, and if 
the earth be good, will quickly ftrike roots, 
They are to be Planted on South walls, and confined by cutting, 
the clofer they are pruned, the better they will bear, and the fairer 
willbe the Grapes : make the ground you fer them in, with rich light 
fandy earth, and every Winter open the Roots, and mend the {oil 
with old dung ; cut them ataknot in Fanuary to prevent bleeding, 
and about Midfomer take away the fuperfluous branches, and ft 
: es before the Flowers, and when the Grapes begin to fwell, 
a ag from about them, that they may have rhe full bene- 
it of the Sun, : - 
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