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the Fruit a rich Flavour ; but you 

 mutt never diveft the Branches of 

 their Leaves, as is the Practice of 

 fame Perfons ; for altho 1 the admit- 

 ting of the Sun is neceflary to ripen 

 them, yet if they are too much ex- 

 pofed thereto, their Skins will be 

 tough, and they will rarely ripen : 

 befides, the Leaves being abfolutely 

 r.eceffary to nourilh the Fruit, by 

 taking them off, the Fruit is fhrv'd, 

 and ieldom comes to any Size, as I 

 have feveral times obferv'd ; there- 

 fore a great Regard fhould be had 

 to the Summer Management of the 

 Vines,where Perfons are defirous to 

 have their Fruit excellent, and duly 

 ripen'd. 



When the Fruit are all gather'd, 

 you mould prune the Vines, where- 

 by the Litter of their Leaves will be 

 intirely remov'd at once, and the 

 Fruit will be the forwarder the fuc- 

 ceeding Year, as has been before 

 obferv'd. 



As many of the richeft and be:t 

 Sorts of Grapes will not ripen in 

 England, unlefs the Seafon proves 

 very warm, or the Soil and Situation 

 are very favourable ; fo there have 

 been manyHot-walls built to accele- 

 rate this Fruit, and bring it to full 

 Perfection by artificial Heat ; and 

 as thefe fucceed very well, when they 

 are properly contriv'd, and theVines 

 rightly manag'd, 1 mall here give 

 proper Directions, which, if duly 

 attended to, will be fuflkient to in- 

 Itruft Perfons in both. 



The Method of building Hot- 

 walls will be treated under the Arti- 

 cle Wall\ fo I mail pais it over in 

 this Place, and proceed to the pre- 

 paring. of the Ground for planting. 

 The Borders againtt thefe Hot-walls 

 {hou!d have the Earth taken out two 

 Feet deep (provided the Ground is 

 dry), otherwile one Foot will be fuf- 

 ficient ; becauie in wet Land the 



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Porders mould be raifed at leaft two 

 Feet above the Level of the Ground, 

 that the Roots of the Vines may 

 not be injured by the Wet. When 

 the Earth is taken out, the Bottom 

 of the Trench mould be rilled with 

 Stones, Lime-rubbifh, &c. a Foot 

 and half thick, which mould be la- 

 vell'd and beaten down pretty hard. 

 The Trenches fhould be made five 

 Feet wide at lean 1 , otherwife the 

 Roots of the Vines will in a few 

 Years extend themfeives beyond the 

 Rubbilh ; and finding an ealy PafT- 

 age downward, will run into the^ 

 moift Ground, and thereby imbibe 

 fo much Wet, a> to leffen the vinouii 

 Flavour of the Grapes. But before 

 the Rubbifh is filled into theTrencftj 

 it is a better Method to raife a nine- 

 inch Wall, at five Feet Dittance from 

 the Hot-wall, which will keep the 

 Rubbilh from intermixing with the 

 neighbouring Earth, and alfo con- 

 fine the Roots of the Vines to the 

 Border in which they are planted, 

 fo that they cannot reach to the 

 Moiiture of the Ground about themV 

 This nine-inch Wall mould be raised 

 to the Height of the intended Bor- 

 der ; fo will be of great Ufe to lay 

 the Plate of Timber of the Frames 

 upon, which will be necefiary to 

 cover the Vines when they are for- 

 ced, whereby the Timbers will be 

 better prelerv'd from rotting ; and 

 where the Borders are rais'd to any 

 confiderable Height above the Level 

 of the Ground, thefe Walls will pre- 

 ferve the Borders from falling down 

 into the Walks. But in carrying 

 up of thefe Walh, it will be proper 

 to leave little Openings, about eight 

 or ten Feet Dillance, to let the Wa- 

 ter pafs off ; becauie w hen the Rub- 

 bifh at the Bottom of the Trench 

 unites and binds very hard, the 

 Water cannot eafily find a Pailage 

 through it : therefore it will be the 



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