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bccaufe the Roots of thefe Vines 

 will be enticed down too deep to re- 

 ceive the Influences of Sun and Air, 

 and hereby vviJI take in much crude 

 Nourifhment ; 'whereby the Fruit 

 will be render'd !efs valuable, and be 

 later ripe : which is of ill Confe- 

 quence to thefe Fruits, which are 

 known to imbibe a great Share of 

 their Nouriftiment from the Air, 

 which, if replete with Moiiture (as 

 is commonly the Cafe in Autumn) 

 mull necelfarily contribute greatly 

 to render the Juices lefs perfect : 

 therefore great Attention mould be 

 had to the Nature of the Soil upon 

 Which they are planted. 



The next Thing neceflary to be 

 coniider'd, is the Situation of the 

 Place ; which, if poflible, mould be 

 on the North Side of a River, upon 

 an Elevation inclining to the South, 

 with a fmall gradual Defcent, that 

 the Moifture may the better drain 

 jofF ; but if the Ground flopes too 

 much, it is by no means proper for 

 .this Purpofe, but if, at a Diftance 

 i^rom this Place, there are larger 

 ills, which defend it from the 

 orth and North-weft Wind, it will 

 of great Service ; becaufe hereby 

 he Sun's Rays will be reflected with 

 greater Force ; and the cold Winds, 

 eing kept off, will render the Situa- 

 on very warm. Add to this, a 

 halky Surface ; which if thofe Hills 

 abound with (as there are many 

 tuat>ons in England which do), it 

 11 ft i 11 add to the Heat of the Place, 

 y reflecting a greater Quantity of 

 le Sun's Rays. 

 The Country about this mould be 

 pen and hilly ; for if it be much 

 anted, or low and boggy, the Air 

 ,11 conftantly be fill'd with moift 

 trtictes, occafion'd by the plenti- 

 l Pcripiration of the Trees, or the 

 (halations from the adjoining 

 ar/hes, whereby the Fruit will be 



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greatly prejudiced (as was before ob- 

 ferv'd). Thefe Vineyards fhould al- 

 ways be open to the Eaft, that the 

 morning Sun may come on them to 

 dry orF the Moiiture of the Night 

 early, which, by lying too long 

 upon the Vines, does greatly rerard 

 the ripening of their Fruit, and ren- 

 ders it crude and ill tailed. And 

 fince the Fruit of Vines are rarely 

 ever injur'd by Eafterly Winds, there 

 will be no Reafon to apprehend any 

 Danger from fuch a Situation ; the 

 South-weft, North-weft, and North 

 Winds being the mod injurious to 

 Vineyards in England (as indeed 

 they are to molt other Fruit) ; fo 

 that, if poflible, they Ihould be 

 fhelter'd therefrom. 



Having made choice of a Soil and 

 Situation proper for this Purpofe, 

 the next thing to be done is, to pre- 

 pare it for planting : in doing of 

 which, the following Method fhould 

 be obferv'd : in the Spring it fhould 

 be plow'd as deep as the Surface will 

 admit, turning the Sward into the 

 Bottom of each Furrow; then it 

 mould be well harrow'd, to break 

 the Clods, and cleanfe it from the 

 Roots of noxious Weeds : and after 

 this, it mult be conftantly kept 

 plow'd and harrow'd for at leaft one 

 Year, to render the Surface light ; 

 and hereby it will be render'd fer- 

 tile, by imbibing the nitrous Parti- 

 cles of the Air (efpechlly if it be 

 long expofed thereto before it is 

 planted) : then in March the Ground 

 mould be well plow'd again; and 

 after having made the Surface pretty 

 even, the Rows mould be mark'd 

 out from South-eaft to North-weft, 

 at the Diftance of ten Feet from each 

 other ; and thefe Rows Ihould be 

 crofs'd again at five or fix Feet Di- 

 ftance, which will mark out the ex- 

 act Places where eacd Plant fhould 

 be plac'd ; fo that there will be ten 

 5 A 2 Feet 



