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large Quantity in almoft every 

 Garden ; fo that if they deftroy a 

 Part in each Garden, yet there will 

 be a greater Chance to have fomc 

 efcape, than where there is only one 

 Wall for them to attack. 



Thefe Sorts of Grapes, being 

 forced in the manner before direct- 

 ed, will begin to ripen early in Sep- 

 tember, elpecially the Black and Red 

 Frcntiniacs, which will be fit for the 

 Table a Fortnight earlier than the 

 other Sorts ; bur as the Defign of 

 forcing them is to have them in as 

 great Perfection as pollible in this 

 Climate, they mould not be gather'd 

 until they are thorough-ripe ; for 

 which Reafon, fome of the later 

 Sorts fliould be left on the Vines till 

 Ofiober, or fometimes longer 5 but 

 then the Glafies mould be kept over 

 them in wet and cold Weather, to 

 protect the Fruit from it : but when- 

 ever the Weather is fair, the Glafles 

 mull be open'd to let in the freeAir ; 

 otherwife the Damps, arifing from 

 the Earth at that Seafon,will caufe a 

 Mouldinefs upon the Grapes, which 

 will rot them : fo that if the Seafon 

 fhould prove very cold and wet, it 

 will be proper to make a fmall Fire 

 every Night, to dry off the Damp?, 

 and prevent this Injury. By this 

 Method the Grapes may be continu- 

 ed upon the Vines until the Middle 

 or Latter-end of November, when 

 ibme of the large late ripe Sorts will 

 be in very great Perfection. But molt 

 People in England gather their 

 Grapes too foon, never fuffering them 

 to remain on the Vines to ripen, 

 even in the warmerl Sealons ; when, 

 if they are left on till after Michael- 

 mas, they will be perfectly good. 



Of late- Years many Perfons have 

 planted Grapes againft Efpaliers, 

 which, in fome Places, have fucceed- 

 ed very we'll in good Seafons ; but 

 if thefe are not planted in a good 



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Soil, and to a proper Afpett, and 

 the Sorts rightly chofen, they feldom 

 produce any Fruit which are fit to 

 be eaten. The Soil proper to plant 

 Vines in Efpaliers, mould be the 

 fame as hath been directed for Vine- 

 yards; *ufa, either a chalky or 

 gravelly Bottom, with about a Foot 

 and half of light hazel Earth on the 

 Top, a little Hoping to the South or 

 South-eaft, that the Wet may eafily 

 find a Paffage, fo as not to remain 

 on the Ground. In fuch a Soil fitua- 

 ted to the Sun, and fcreened from 

 cold Winds, there are feveral Sorts 

 of Grapes, which in warm Seafons 

 will ripen very well in England. 



But there are fome curious Perfona 

 who line the Backhde of their Ef- 

 paliers with losv Reed-hedges, and 

 others who do it with thin flit 

 Deal 1 ; both of which are a good 

 Defence to the Vines againft Blights 

 in the Spring, and accelerate the 

 ripening of the Grapes ; fo that in 

 tolerable Seafons they will come to 

 good Maturity. Neither of thefe 

 Methods is very expenfive ; for 

 thefe clofe Fences need not be more 

 than four Feet high ; becaufe the 

 Vines, being to be managed after 

 the fame manner as thofe in Vine- 

 yards, will never rife above the 

 Height of a Man ; and the bearing 

 Shoots muft always be trained about 

 two Feet above the Surface of the 

 Ground ; fo that the Fruit-branches 

 will be always below the Top of the 

 clofe Fences ; and as for the upright 

 Shoots, which are defign'd for the 

 next Year's Bearing, it matters not 

 how much they rife above the Fence; 

 fo thefe may have a loofe Trelafe, 

 to which they may be faften'd, to 

 prevent their overhanging of the 

 Fruit. 



Jn the making of thefe Kinds of 

 clofe Efpaliers for Grapes, it will bs 

 proper to lay one llrong oake.iPlank 



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