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ry large, the Branches fhould be left 

 at a proportionable Diftance, that 

 they may not croud or made each 

 other. 



In Pruning, you mould always 

 obferve to make the Cut juft above 

 the Eye, lloping it backward from 

 it, that if it mould bleed, the Sap 

 might not flow upon the Bud : and 

 where there is an Opportunity of 

 cutting down fome young Shoots to 

 two Eyes, in order to produce vigo- 

 rous Shoots for the nextYear's Bear- 

 ing, it ihould always be done, be- 

 paufe trie flopping of thofe Shoots 

 fcvhich have Fruit upon them inMy, 

 often fpoils the Eyes for Bearing : 

 pnd this referving of new Wood is 

 what the Vigncrons abroad always 

 ipraclife in their Vineyards. The 

 Deft Seafon for pruning of Vines is 

 about the Middle or End of Odobcr, 

 for the Reafons before laid down. 



The Latter-end of Aprils or the 

 [Beginning of May, when the Vines 

 (begin to fhoot, you mutt, carefully 

 look them over, rubbing offals/mall 

 Buds which may come from the old 

 Wood, which only produce weak 

 Wangling Branches ; as alfo when two 

 Shoots are produe'd from the fame 

 Bud, the weakeit of them mould be 

 pifplac'd, which will caufe the others 

 to be the ftronger ; and the fooner 

 this is done, the better it is for the 

 "Vines. 



In the Middle of May, you mud 

 go over them again, rubbing off all 

 the dangling Shoots, as before ; and 

 at the fame time you muft nail up 

 all the ftrong Branches ; fo that they 

 may not hang from the Wall ; for 

 if their Shoots hang down, their 

 Leaves will be turn'd the wrong 

 Way ; which, when the Shoots are 

 [afterward nail'd upright, will have 

 Itheir back Surface upward ; and un- 

 ;:il the Leaves are turn'd again, 

 ind have taken their right JJire- 



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cYion, the Fruit will not thrive ; 

 fo that the not obferving this Ma- 

 nagement, will caufe the Grapes to 

 be a Fortnight later before they ri- 

 pen : befides, by fuffering the Fruit 

 to hang from the Wall, and be fhaded 

 with the Clofenefs of the Branches, 

 it is greatly retarded in its Growth : 

 therefore, during the growing Sea- 

 fon, you Ihould conftandy look over 

 the Vines, difplacing all dangling 

 Branches, and wild Wood ; and 

 fatten up the other Shoots regularly to 

 the Wall, as they are extended in 

 Length; and toward the Latter- 

 end of May, you ihould flop 

 the bearing Branches, which will 

 ftrengthen the Fruit, provided you 

 always leave three Eyes above the 

 Bunches ; for if you Hop them too 

 foon, it will injure the Fruit, by- 

 taking away that Part of the Branch 

 which is neceffary to attract the 

 Nourifhment to the Fruit, as alfo to 

 perfpire off the Crudities of the Sap, 

 which is not proper for the Fruit to 

 receive. 



But although I recommend the 

 flopping thofe Shoots which have 

 Fruit at this Seafon, yet you ihould 

 by no means flop thofe which are 

 intended for bearing the next Year, 

 before the Beginning of July, left, 

 by flopping them too foon, you caufe 

 the Eyes to lhcot out ftrong lateral 

 Branches, whereby they will be 

 greatly injured. Thefe therefore 

 Ihould be trained upright againft the . 

 Wall until that time ; when their 

 Tops may be nipp'd eff, to give 

 Strength to the lower Buds. 



During the Summer-feafon, you 

 mould be very careful to rub oft all 

 dangling Branches, and train up the 

 Shoots regularly to the W'all, which 

 will greatly accelerate the Growth 

 cf the Fruit ; and alfo admit the 

 Sun and Air to them, which is abfo- 

 lutely neceffary to ripen, and give 



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