Cutting, placing it a little doping ; 

 then the Hole mould be fili'd up with 

 Earth, preffing it gently with the 

 Feet to the Cutting, and raifing a 

 little Hill to each about three Inches, 

 jfo as juft to cover the uppermoft Eye 

 or Bud ; which will prevent the Wind 

 and Sun from drying any Part of the 

 Cuttings, and this upper Eye only 

 wi lfhoot; the under ones moft of 

 them will pum out Roots ; fo thac 

 tius Shoot will be very ftrong and 

 vigorous. 



After they are thus planted, they 

 will require no other Care until they 

 ihoot, except -o keep tne Ground 

 clear from Weed.-, which mould be 

 conftant'y obferv'd ; but as the Di-' 

 ft.nce between the Rows of Vines is 

 pret:y great, (o ine Ground between 

 them it iy be fown or pknted with 

 any kind of efculent Plant?, which do 

 not grow tall, provided there is pro- 

 per Diitance left from the Vines, 

 and Care taken, that the Vines are 

 not injured by the Lrops, or in tne 

 ga.hering, and carrying of them off 

 the Ground; and this Hulhandry 

 may be continued three or four 

 Years, till the Vines come to Bear- 

 ing ; after which time there mould 

 be no Sort of Crop put between 

 them in Summer j becaufe the clean- 

 er the Ground is kept between the 

 Vines, from Weeds or Plants, the 

 more Heat will be reflected to the 

 Grapes; but after the Grapes are 

 gacher'd, there may be a Crop of 

 Cauhvorts for Spring-ufe, planted 

 between the Rows of Vines ; and the 

 cultivating of thefe will be of Ufe to 

 the Vines, by ltirring of the Ground : 

 but as to Watering, or any other 

 Trouble, there will be no Cccafion 

 for it, notwithstanding what fome 

 People have directed ; for in Eng- 

 land there is no Danger of their mif- 

 carrying by Drought. When the 

 Cuttings begin to moot, there fhould 



be a fmall Stick of about three Feet 

 long (tuck down by each, to which 

 the Shoots mould be faftcnM, to pre- 

 vent their breaking, or lying upon 

 the Ground ; fo tnat as the Shoot3 

 advance, the Fattening fliould be re- 

 new'd; and all fmall lateral Shoots (if 

 there are any fuch produe'd) mould 

 be conftantly difplac'd, and the 

 Ground between the Vines always 

 kept clean. This is the whole Ma- 

 nagement which is requir'd the firft 

 Sum mer. 



But at Michaelmas, when the Vines 

 have done mooting, they mould be 

 pruned ; for if they are left unpru- 

 ned till Spring, their Shoots, being 

 tender (efpecially towards their up- 

 per Parts), will be in Danger of fuf- 

 fcriog, if the Winter mould prove 

 fevere. 



This Pruning is only to cut down 

 all the Shoots to two Eyes ; and if, 

 after this is done, the Earth be 

 drawn up in an Hill about each 

 Plant, it will ftill be a greater De- 

 fence again ft Frott. 



At the Beginning of March the 

 Ground between the Vines fliould 

 be well "dug, to loofen it, and ren- 

 der it clean ; but you mould be care- 

 fu 1 not to dig deep ciofe to the Vines, 

 left thereby their Roots mould be 

 Cut or b; uifed ; and at the fame time 

 the Earth mould be again laid up in 

 an Hill about each Plant ; but there 

 mult be carf taken not to bury the 

 two young Eyes of the former Yearns 

 Shoot, which were left to produce 

 new Wood. 



At the Beginning of May, when 

 the Vines have made Shoots, there 

 fhould be fome Stakes fix'd down to 

 the Side of each Plant, which mull 

 be fomewhat taller and ftronger than 

 thofe of the former Year ; to thefe 

 the two Shoots (if fo many are pro- 

 dtx'd) mould be faften'd ;and all the 

 fmall trailing or lateral Shoots mould 



