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the Plants, which would be very 

 hurtful to them- In this manner 

 you mould, from time to time, ob- 

 ferve to peg down the Runners as 

 they are produced, laying each in 

 exact Order, fo as not to interfere or 

 crofs each other; nor mould you 

 ever after remove them from their 

 Places, or handle them too roughly ; 

 whereby the Leaves may be broken 

 ordifplaced; which is alfo equally 

 injurious to them ; but whenever 

 you have occafion to weed the Bed 

 between the Plants, doit with great 

 Care, holding the Leaves afide with 

 one Hand, while with the other you 

 pull out the Weeds. 



In about a Month after they are 

 ridded out, you may expect to fee 

 the Beginnings of Fruit, which very 

 often are preceded by Male Flowers, 

 which many People are fo ignorant 

 as to pull off, calling them falfe 

 JJloffoms : but this I am fully con- 

 vinced, by many Experiments, is 

 wrong; for rhefe Flowers are of ab- 

 folute Service to promote the Wel- 

 fare of the Fruit; which, vvhenthefe 

 Male Flowers are intirely taken off, 

 does ver often fall away, and come 

 to nothing: nor mould the Vines 

 be pruned, as is too often the Pra- 

 ctice of unfkilful People, elpecially 

 when they are tco luxuriant, which 

 often happens when the Seeds were 

 frefh, or of the lair, Year's faving, 

 and the Plants in good Heart. If 

 this mould happen to be the Cafe, 

 it would be very nroper to pull up 

 one or two of the Plants, before they 

 have run fo far as to entangle with 

 the others; for it often happens, 

 that two or three Plants are better 

 than four or five, when they are 

 vigorous ; for when the Frame is 

 too much crouded with Vine, the 

 Fruit is Teldom good, nor in fuch 

 Plenty, a> when there is a more 

 moderate Quantity of Shoots : for 



the Air being hereby excluded from 

 the Fruit, they often fpot and de- 

 cay, or fail off very young. 



You mull alfo be very careful to 

 cover the Glaffes every Night when 

 your Fruit begins to appear, as alfo 

 to lay a little frefh Litter or Mow- 

 ings of Grafs round the Sides of the 

 Bed, to add a frelh Heat thereto; 

 for if the Heat of the Bed be fpent, 

 and the Nights prove cold, the 

 Fruit will fall away, and come to 

 nothing : and when the Sun is exl 

 treme hot, in the Middle of the Day J 

 you muit cover the Glaffes with Mat* 

 to made the Vines ; for tho' they de- 

 light in Heat, yet the direct Ray»i 

 of the Sun, when it has great Force,., 

 are very injurious, by either fcorch-l 

 ing thofe Leaves which are near the, 1 

 GlalTes, or by caufing too great aA 

 Perfpiration, whereby the extreme; 

 Part of the Shoots, and the largel 

 Leaves, are left deltitute of Nou- ; 

 rifhment, and the Fruit will be at a 

 Stand, and often turn yellow before, 

 it arrives at half its Growth. But 

 this is more general where the Pjeds 

 are earthed very fnallcw; for when 

 there is a fufficient Thicknefs of ^ 

 Earth upon the Dung, the Plants 

 will bear the full Sun, without any 

 hanging of their Leaves. 



At this time, when your Vines 

 are fpread, fo as cover the Kot-bed, 

 it will be of great Service, when 

 you water them, to fprinkle them 

 all over gently fo as not to hurt the 

 Leaves ; but cbferve to do this not 

 at a time when the Sun is very hot ; 

 for hereby I have known a whole 

 Bed of Cucumbers fpoiled ; for the 

 Water remaining upon the Surface 

 of the Leaves in Drops, doth col- . 

 ltd the Rays of the Sun as it were 

 to a Focus, and fo fcorches the 

 Leaves, that in one Day's time they 

 have, from a bright Green, become 

 of the Colour of brov/n Paper. 



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