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the lad Year's Growth ; thefe fliould 

 be cut from the old Vine, juit below 

 the Place where they were produ- 

 ced, taking a Knot of the former 

 Year'^ Wood, which mould be pru- 

 ned fmooth; then you fhould cut 

 off the Upper-part of the Shoots, fo 

 as to leave the Cutting about fixteen 

 Inches long : when the old Wood is 

 cut at both End;, near the young 

 Shoot, the Cutting will refemble a 

 little Mallet ; from whence Columel- 

 la gives the Title of Malleolus to the 

 Vine- cuttings : but, in making the 

 Cutiings after this manner, there can 

 be but on taken from each Shoot ; 

 whereas molt Perfons cut them into 

 Lengths of about a Poor, and plant 

 them ail ; which is very wrong ; for 

 the Upper-part of the Shoots is 

 never fo well ripened as the Lower- 

 part, which was produe'd early in 

 the Spring ; fo that if they take 

 Root, they never make fo good 

 Plants ; for the Wood ofthofe Cut- 

 tings, being fpongy and foft, admits 

 theMoiiture too freely ; whereby 

 the Plants wilt be luxuriant in 

 Growth ; but never fo fruitful as 

 fuch whofe Wood is cloler, and more 

 compact : nor will the Upper-part 

 of the Shoocs make fo good Roots, 

 as thofc which have a Joint of the 

 eld Wood. 



When the Cuttings are thus pre- 

 paid, they mould be plac\i with 

 their Lower- part into the Ground in 

 a dry Place, laying fome Litter about 

 their Upper- parts, to prevent them 

 from drying : in this Situation they 

 may remain until the Beginning of 

 dpril (which is the beft time for 

 planting them), when you fliould 

 take them out, and wafli them from 

 the Filth they have contracted; and 

 if you find them very dry, you mould 

 let them fland with their Lower- 

 parts in Walter, fix or eight Hours, 



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which will diftend their VefTels, and 

 difpofe them for taking Root Then 

 fet about preparing the Ground 

 where the Plants are defign'd to re- 

 main (whether againil Walls, or for 

 Standards) ; for they mould not be 

 removed again. But in this Place, 

 1 fhall confine myfclf only to fuch 

 as are planted either againft Walls 

 or Pales, for eating. 



In preparing the Ground, you 

 fliould confider the Nature of the 

 Soil, which, if llrong, and inclinable 

 to Wet, is by no means proper for 

 Grapes ; but where it thus happens, 

 you fliould open a Trench againft 

 the Wall, which fhould be hll'd with 

 Lime-rubbifh, the better to drain off 

 the Moifture; then raife the Bor- 

 der with frefh light Earth, about a 

 Foot thick ; fo that it may be at 

 leaft a Foot above the Level of the 

 Ground ; then you fhould open the 

 Holes about fix Feet Diflance from 

 each other, putting one good ftrong 

 Cutting into each Hole, which 

 fhould be laid a little floping, that 

 their Tops may incline to the Wall • 

 but mull be put in fodeep, that the 

 uppermoftEye may be level with the 

 Surface of the Ground: for when 

 there are two or three Eyes left 

 above-ground, as is the commonMe- 

 thod ufed by the Englijh Gardeners, 

 they all attempt to ihoot ; fo that 

 the Strength of the Cutting is divi- 

 ded to nourifh fo many Shoots ; 

 whereas, on the contrary, by burying 

 the whole Cutting in the Ground, 

 the Sap is all employ 'd on one Angle 

 Shoot, which confequently will be 

 much Aronger ; befides, the Sun and 

 Air are apt to dry that Part of the 

 Shoots which remains above-ground, 

 and fo often prevent their Buds from 

 Ihooting. 



Then, having plac'd the Cuttings 

 into the Ground, you fhould hll up 



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