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early enough to ripen any of thefe 

 Sorts of Grapes perfectly well. The 

 Fires fhould not be made very ftrong 

 in thefe Walls ; for if the Air is 

 heated to about ten Degrees above 

 the temperate Point, on the Botani- 

 cal Thermometers, it will be fuffi- 

 ciently warm to force oat the Shoots 

 leifarely ; which is much better than 

 to force them violently. Thefe Fires 

 fhould not be continaed in the Day- 

 time, unlefs the Weather fhoald 

 prove very cold, and the Sun not 

 appearing to warm the Air ; at which' 

 times it will be proper to have fmali 

 Fires continued all the Day ; for 

 where the Walls are rightly contri- 

 ved, amoderateFire made everyEve- 

 ning, and continued till Ten or Ele- 

 ven of the Clock at Night, will 

 heat the Wall, and warm the inclo- 

 fed Air to a proper Temperatare ; 

 and as thefe Fires need not be con- 

 tinued longer than aboat the Middle 

 or End of May (anlefs the Spnr.g 

 Ihoald prove very cold), fo the Ex- 

 pence of the Fire will not be very 

 great ; becaale they may be con- 

 trived to barn either Coal, Wood, 

 Turf, or almoft any other Sort of 

 Fuel ; tho' where Coal is to be had 

 reafonabie, it is the eveneft Fael for 

 thefeFires,and will not require much 

 Attendance. 



When the Vines begin to moot, 

 they mall be frequently looked over 

 to fallen the new shoots to the Tre- 

 lafe, and to rab oir all dangling 

 Shoots : in doing of which great 

 Care malt be taken ; for they are 

 very tender, and very fabjeft to 

 break when any V tplence is offe/M. 

 The Shoots mould alio be trained 

 very regular, fo as to lie as near as 

 pomftle at equal Diitances, that they 

 may equally enjoy the Benefit of 

 the Air and Sun ; which is ahfo- 

 lutely necefiary for thelmprovement 

 of tut Fruit. Wnen the Grapes are 



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formed, the Shoots fhould be flopped 

 at the fecond Joint beyond the F#uit, 

 that the Nourimment may not be 

 drawn away from the frait, in ufe- 

 lefs Shoots, which maft be avoided 

 as mach as poihble in thefe forced 

 Vines, upon which no ufelefsWood 

 fhoald be left; which will fhade the 

 Frait, and exclude the Air from it 

 by their Leaves. 



As the Seafon advances, and the 

 Weather becomes warm, there fhoald 

 be a proportionable Share of free 

 Air admitted to the Vines every 

 Day ; which is abfolutely neceflary 

 to promote the Growth of theFraitj 

 but the Glaffes mould be fhut clofe 

 every Night, unlefs in very hot 

 Weather ; otherwife the cold Dews 

 in the Night will retard the Growth 

 of the Frait. The Bunches of the 

 White Front imac, and theRaifin 

 Mufcat, mould alfo be looked over, 

 and the final 1 Grapes cut oat with 

 Scillars, in order to thin them ; for 

 thefe Softs grow fo clofe together on 

 the Banches, that the Moiltare is 

 detained between the Grapes, which 

 often occafions their rotting ; and 

 the Air being excladed from the 

 Middle of the Bunches, the Grapes 

 never ripen equally; which by this 

 Method may be remedied, if done 

 in time ; and as thefe Grapes are 

 protected by the Glaffes , from the 

 Blights which freqaently take thole 

 which are expos'd, there will be no 

 Hazard in thinning thefeGrapes fcon 

 after they are fet ; at which time it 

 will be eafier for this Operation, than 

 when the Grapes are grown larger, 

 and confequendy will be cloier to- 

 gether. But in doing of this, the 

 Bunches mult, not be roughly han- 

 dled ; for if the Grapes are the leaft 

 brnifed, or the Blue wiuch there 

 r.nprally is upon them, be rubbed 

 off, their Skins will harden, and 

 turn of a brown Colour ; fo the 



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