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Feet Row from Row, and five or 

 fix Feet afunder in the Rows; 

 nearer than which they ought never 

 to be planted. And herein moft 

 People who have planted Vineyards, 

 have greatly err'd, fome having al- 

 io wM no more than five Feet Row 

 from Row, and the Plants but three 

 Peet afunder in the Rows ; and 

 others, who think they have been 

 full liberal in this Article, have only 

 planted their Vines at fix Feet Di- 

 itance every Way : but neither of 

 thefe have allow'd a proper Diftance 

 to them, as I fhall fliew ; for, in the 

 fir (I Place, where the Rows are fet 

 too clofe, there will not be room 

 for the Sun and Air to pafs in be- 

 tween them to dry up the Moillure ; 

 which, being detain'd amongft the 

 Vines, muft produce very ill Effects. 

 And, fecondly, where the Vines are 

 plac'd in exact Sqjares fo near to- 

 gether as fix Feet, there can be no 

 room for the Current of Air to pafs 

 between them, when their Branches 

 are extended on each Side ; and fo 

 consequently the Damps in Autumn 

 will be entangled and detained 

 amongft the Vines, to the great 

 Prejudice of their Fruit. For iince 

 the Autumns in England are often 

 attended with Rains, cold Dews, or 

 Fogs ; all proper Care mould be 

 Liken to remove every thing which 

 may obftrucl the drying up the Damps 

 which arife from the Ground. 



The fltilful Vignerons abroad are 

 alfu fenfiblehow much it contributes 

 to theGoodnefs of their Vines to al- 

 low a large Space between the Rows ; 

 and therefore where the Quality of 

 tile Wine is more regarded than the 

 Quantity, th re they never plant 

 their Vines at lefs than ten Feet Row 

 from Roiv ; and fome allow twelve. 

 It was an Oblervation of Be//om'us r 

 aimoit two hundred Years fmce, that 

 in tnoie Ifiands or' the A'chl^elogo, 



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where the Rows of Vines were pl?/- 

 cedat a great Diftance, the Wine was 

 much preferable to thofe which were 

 clofe planted ; and this he pofuively 

 affirms to be the Cafe in moft Coun- 

 tries where he had travelTd. In- 

 deed, we need not have recourfe to 

 Antiquity for the Certainty of fuch 

 Facts, when we are daily convinced 

 of this Truth in all clofe Plantations 

 of any kind of Fruit, where it is 

 constantly obferv'd, that the Fruits 

 in fuch Places are never fo well co- 

 lour'd, fo early ripe, nor near fo 

 well flavoured, as thofe produced on 

 Trees, where the Air can freely cir- 

 culate about them, and the Rays of 

 the Sun have full Accefs to the 

 Branches, whereby their Juices are 

 better prepar'd before they enter the 

 Fruit. 



Having thus confider'd the Di- 

 ftance which is necelTary to be allow- 

 ed to thefe Plants, we come next to 

 the Planting : but in order to this, 

 the proper Sorts of Grapes mould be 

 judicioufly chofen ; and in this Par- 

 ticular, we have egregioufly erred 

 in England. All the Vineyards at 

 prefent planted here, are of the 

 fweeteft and belt Sort of Grapes for 

 Eating, which is contrary to the 

 general Practice of the Vignerons 

 abroad, who always obferve, that 

 fuch Grapes never make good Wine; 

 and therefore, from Experience, 

 make Choice of thofe Sorts of 

 Grapes, whofe Juice, after ferment- 

 ing, affords a noble rich Liquor; 

 which Grapes are always obferv'd 

 to be auftere, and not fo palatable. 

 This is alfo agreeable to the conusant 

 Praflice of our Cyder -makers in 

 England, who always obferve, that 

 the beft Eating-apples make but 

 poor Cyder ; whereas the more 

 rough and auftere Sort?, after being 

 prel-'d and- fermented, afford a llrong 

 vmous Liquor. And I believe it 



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