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rarely come to any Perfection in th is 

 Country, without the Afliftance of 

 fome artificial Heat ; of which the 

 following Sorts are the molt valuable. 

 The Red yiufzTA. of Alexandria. 

 The White Mutcat of Alexandria. 

 TheRaifin Mufcat, or trontiniac. 

 The Red Front iniac. 

 The Grifly Trontiniac. 

 The White Frcntiniac. 

 The Black Frcntiniac. 

 The Malmfty Mufcadine. 

 When the Vmes which are plant- 

 ed againft the Hot-walls are grown 

 to full Bearing, they mull be pru- 

 ned, and managed after the fame 

 manner as hath been directed for 

 thole againft common Walls ; with 

 this Difference only; 'viz. that thofe 

 Seafons when they are forced, the 

 Vines mould be carefully mana- 

 ged in the Summer for a Supply 

 of good Wood, againft the time of 

 their being forced ; fo that it will 

 be the better Method to divert the 

 Vines of their Fruit, in order to en- 

 courage the Wood : for as few of 

 the Sorts w\ll ripen without Heat, 

 it is not worth while to leave them 

 on the Vines, during the Seafons of 

 refting, except it be the common 

 FroTitiniacs, which in a good Seafon 

 will ripen without artificial Heat ; 

 but of thefe Sorts Iwould not advife 

 many Grapes t:> be left on ; be- 

 caufe as the Defign of refting the 

 Vines is, to encourage and itrength- 

 en them ; therefore all poilible Care 

 mould be had, that the young Wood 

 is not robbed by overbearing ; for 

 thofe Years when the Vines are for- 

 ced, the Joints of the young Wood 

 are generally drawn farther afunder, 

 than they ordinarily grow in the 

 open Air ; fo that when they aie 

 fore'd two or three Years fuccef- 

 fively, the Vines are fo much ex- 

 haufted, as not to be recover'd into 



a good bearing State, for feme Years; 



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efpecially if they are fore'd early in 

 the Seafon, or where great Care is 

 not taken in the Summer, to let 

 them have a proper Share of free 

 Air, to prevent their being drawn 

 too much, and to ripen their Shoots. 

 Thofe Years when the Vines are 

 fore'd, the only Care mould be to 

 encourage the Fruit, without hav- 

 ing much regard to the Wood ; fo 

 that every Shoot mould be pruned 

 for Fruit, and none of them fhorten- 

 ed for a Supply of young Wood ; 

 becaufe they may be fo managed in 

 the other Year's Pruning, as to re- 

 plenifh the Vines with new Wood. 

 Thofe Vines which are defign'd for 

 Forcing in the Spring, Ihould be 

 pruned early the Autumn before ; 

 that the Buds which are left on the 

 Shoots, may receive all poflible 

 Nourilhment from the Vine ; and at 

 the fame time the Shoots mould be 

 faften'd to the Trelafe in the Order 

 they are to lie ; but the GlafTes 

 mould not be placed before the 

 Vines till about the End of Janua- 

 ry : at which time alfo the Fires 

 mull be lighted : for if they are for- 

 ced too early in the Year, they will 

 begin to moot before the Weather 

 will be warm enough to admit Air 

 to the V nes ; which will caufe the 

 young Shoots to draw out weak, and 

 thereby their Joints will be too far 

 afunder ; fo confequent;y there will 

 be fewer Grapes on them, and thofe 

 Bunches winch are produced will 

 be fmaller, than when they have a 

 fufticic.:: Quantity of Air admitted 

 to them every Day. 



If the Fires are made at the time 

 before directed, the Vines will begin 

 to (hoot the Latter end of February ; 

 which will be fix Weeks earner man 

 they ufually ccme out againft the 

 common Wars; fo that by the time 

 that other Vines are mooting, thefe 

 will be in Flower ; which will be 



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