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New Principles of Gardening. 
Such Branches as are very {trong may be allowed two Foor 
in Length ; and others of lefs Vigour, to be fhorter, as a Foot, 
fifteen Inches, &¢. according to their Strength and Vigour. 
In the Cutting of a Vime, obferve that you cut about an 
Inch above the Bud, and that the Cut be on the Back thereof; 
fo that when the Sap moves in the Spring, it by running 
may not burt or damage the Bud; and obferve further, that 
*tis beft to make choice of fuch Buds were you top a Branch, 
as will admit of the Cut or Slope-Part to be next to the Wall, 
as well as behind the Bud; for when the Cut is vifible, it is 
not Only more expos’d to the Prejudice of Weather, but is alfo 
a difagreeable Sight; therefore, if you make choice of fore-right — 
Buds, they will anfwer the End. 7 
In the Nailing of Vines, or any other Fruit-Tree, ever 
make ufe of Leather for Shreds; the beft is, Lift, or Cloth, 
and obferve that you do not nail the Shred tight about the 
Branch, but leave room for: it to fwell in its Growth. The 
Diftance that you nail the Branches of Vines one from the 
other, muft not be lefs than nine Inches, nor more than one 
«Foot. 
_ The Bruit of Vines is always produced by the laft Year’s 
Wood, at one or more of the three firft Buds from the old. 
Wood; therefore when Vimes are once got in a fruitful State, 
you need not leave their Shoots more than four or five Buds 
in Length at moft. : 
For the well Management of Vines in Summer, obferve this 
Rule, That no Kind of Branch be fuffer’d to grow, as is not 
fit and perfeGly neceflary for Wood, Fruit, or Shelter. 
Therefore in Mzy be diligent to pick off all {mall weak Shoots). 
which will put out in many Places, and if not difplaced, rob 
the Fruit of its Nourifhment; alfo nail in all ufeful Branches, 
and in your Vineyards tie up the leading Shoots to Stakes. In 
June (not in May, as Mr. Bradley dire&ts in his New Im- 
provements of Planting and Gardening, as he calls them, pag. 8.) 
is the beft Time.to ftop the /vxuriant Growth of the Vine, 
by nipping off the Branches at two or three Joints beyond 
the Fruit, and.to make choice of fuch vigorous Branches as 
are required to fill empty Places, to be nailed in, without be- 
ing ftopp’d by Nipping or Pinching, except they are of very 
great. 
