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sold there as it was pressed from the fruit, and the 

 owners had no further care than managing the 

 ground and gathering. 



" In one of these instances there was excellent 

 wine made for the table ; in the other, a profitable 

 kind for sale ; and, in the third, no more trouble 

 was allowed to this than the farmer usually afforded 

 to his slighter products ; yet they all answered, 

 when well conducted. The two last might have 

 been better managed, and their profit rendered 

 three-fold. We speak of what we know with cer- 

 tainty, having seen and examined them all. 



« I have known," says Mr. Hanbury, " good 

 wine made of grapes growing in England, and 

 have drank our Burgundy no way inferior, as my 

 taste could find out, to that noted wine which we 

 have constantly imported from that country. 

 Doubtless, therefore, there are some soils and situ- 

 ations that will suit Vines, and cause their fruit to 

 ripen properly here. When a person is possessed 

 of such a spot, then may he proceed to plant it as 

 a Vineyard, otherwise he will find his labour and 

 expense thrown away." — Complete Body of Gar- 

 dening, vol. ii. p. 783. 



As modern instances impress the mind more 

 forcibly than such as are more ancient, I have re- 

 served the account of the success of the Vineyard 

 at Pain's-hill, for my last and most convincing 

 illustration. It is thus elegantly introduced by 

 Sir Edward Barry, in his celebrated Treatise on 

 Wines, p. 468. 



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