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ripen in the summer months, are very unfit for 

 the making of cyder. And that the noblest cyder 

 (such as the Styre and Cockagee) is made from 

 apples not much better than wildings. 



Fourthly. I shall not undertake here to give 

 general directions for the management of a vine- 

 yard > the method of raising Vine-plants, and the 

 common process of a vineyard, as practised abroad, 

 having been already delivered to the public by 

 much abler pens. However, I shall beg leave to 

 offer a few ideas on the subject, and particularly 

 on the mode of training the Vines. 



As even the most southern parts of this island 

 are (as I have observed) but nearly on the verge 

 of the vinous latitude, every possible advantage 

 should be consulted respecting the formation and 

 management of a vineyard here. 



The vineyards abroad are formed by planting 

 the Vines in rows, and by training them in a 

 perpendicular direction. But in this country 

 I should greatly prefer the mode of training the 

 Vines in a lateral or horizontal form, similar to 

 # the method practised in Holland, with Vines in 

 frames, as I have already hinted, p. 110. and 136. 

 There would be little difficulty in this method, as 

 the Vines would readily be trained along small 

 poles, not thicker than those used for hops : these 

 should be fixed nearly parallel to the ground. 

 Vines thus trained would derive, I apprehend, 

 many advantages, not only by means of warmth 

 and shelter, but that they would most easily also 



