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the Hole, gently prefiing down the 

 Earth with your Foot, and raile a 

 little Hill juft upon the Top of the 

 Cutting, to cover the upper Eye 

 quite over, which will prevent it 

 from drying. This being done, there 

 is nothing more necelfary, but to 

 keep the Ground clear from Weeds, 

 until the Cuttings begin to moot; at 

 which time you mould look over 

 them carefully, to rub off any dan- 

 gling Shoots, if fuch are produc'd, 

 and faften the main Shoot to the 

 Wall ; which mould be conftantly 

 faften'd up, as it is extended in 

 Length, to prevent its breaking, or 

 hanging down. You mud continue 

 alfo, during the Summer - fe?.fon, 

 conftantly rubbing off all lateral 

 Shoots which are produc'd, leaving 

 only the firft main Shoot; and be 

 Aire to keep the Ground conftantly 

 clear from Weeds, which, ifluffered 

 to grow, will exhauft the Goodnefs 

 of the Soil, and ftarve. the Cuttings. 



The Michaelmas following, if 

 your Cuttings have produc'd ftrong 

 Shoots, you mould prune them down 

 to two Eyes, which, tho' by fome 

 People thought to be too fhort, 

 yet 1 am fatisfy'd, from feveral Ex- 

 periments, to be the belt Method : 

 the Reafon for advifing the pruning 

 the Vines at thisSeafon, rather than 

 deferring it til' Spring, is, becaufe 

 the tender Parts of thofe young 

 Shoots, if left on, are fubjedt to de- 

 cay in Winter, and imbibe fome 

 noxious Matter from the Air, which 

 greatly weakens their Roots ; fo that 

 if they are cut off early in Au- 

 tumn, the Wounds will heal over 

 before the bad Weather, and there- 

 by theRoots will be greatlyftrength- 

 en'd. 



In the Spring, after the cold 

 Weather is pafs'd, you mull gentiy 

 dig up the Borders, to loofen the 

 Earth ; but you muft be very care- 



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ful in the doing of this, not to injure 

 the Roots of your Vines : you mould 

 alfo raiie the Earth up to the Stems 

 of the Planes, fo as to cover the old 

 Wood, but not fo deep as to cover 

 either of the Eyes of the lait Year's 

 Wood. After this they will require 

 no farther Care until they begin to 

 moot, when you mould look over 

 them carefully, to rub c** all weak 

 dangling Shoots, leaving no more 

 than the two Shoots, which are pro- 

 duc'd from the two Eyes of the lalt 

 Year's Wood, which mould be faft- 

 en'd to the Wall; and fo from this.un- 

 til theVines have done mooting, you 

 mould look them over once in three 

 Weeks, to rub off all lateral Shoo.?, 

 as they are produc'd, and to 

 faften the two main Shoots to 

 the Wall, as they are extended 

 in Length, which mull not be mort- 

 en'd before the Middle ofJufy,\xhen 

 it will be proper to nip off theirTop*, 

 which will ftrengthen the lower 

 Eyes. And during the SummerBea- 

 fon you mull conftantly keepMhe 

 Ground clear from Weeds ; nor 

 mould you permit any Sort of Plants 

 to grow near theVines; whichwould 

 not only rob them of Nourilhment, 

 but fhade the lower Parts of the 

 Shoots, and thereby prevent their 

 ripening ; which will not only caufe 

 their Wood to be fpongy and luxuri- 

 ant, but render it iefs fruitful. 



At Michaelmas you mould prune 

 theie again, leaving three Buds to 

 each of the Shoots, provided they 

 areftrong ; otherwife it is better to 

 ihorten them down to two Eyes ; for 

 it is a very wrong Practice to leave 

 much Wood uron young Vines, or 

 to leave their Shoots too long, which 

 greatly weakens the Roots j then 

 you ihould faften them to the Wall, 

 drawing each of them out horizon- 

 tally from the Stem ; and, in the 

 Spring, dig the Borders as before. 



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