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uppermoft of thefe Shoots upon each 

 Branch fliocM be fhorten'd down to 

 threi good Eyes (never including the 

 lower Eye, which is fituate juft above 

 the former Year's Wood ; which fel- 

 dom produces any thing, except a 

 weak dangling Shoot) ; and the low- 

 er Shoots fhould be fhorten 1 d down 

 to two good Eyes each ; thefe being 

 deiign'd to produce vigorous Shoots 

 for the fucceeding Year ; and the 

 former are defign'd to bear Fruit : 

 but where the Vines are weak, and 

 have not produc'd more than two or 

 three Shoots the laft Seafon, there 

 fhould be but one of them left with 

 three Eyes for Bearing ; the reft muft 

 be morten'd down to two, or, if 

 weak, to one good Eye, in order to 

 obtain ftrong Shoots the following 

 Summer ; for there is nothing more 

 injurious to Vines, than the leaving 

 too much Wood upon them, efpe- 

 cially while they are young, or the 

 overbearing them ; which will weak- 

 en them fo much, as not to be re- 

 cover' d again to a good State in fe- 

 veral Years ; though they mould be 

 manag'd with all pofTible Skill. 



In March the Ground between 

 the Vines fhould be well dug, ob- 

 serving not to injure their Roots by 

 digging too deep near them ; but 

 where there are fmall horizontal 

 Roots produc'd on or near the Sur- 

 face of the Ground, they mould be 

 pruned off clofe to the Place where 

 they were produc'd ; thefe being 

 what the Vigverons call Day- roots, 

 and are by no means neceffary to be 

 left on : and after having dug the 

 Ground, the Stakes mould be plac'd 

 down in the following manner : on 

 each Side of the Vine mould be a 

 Stake put in at about fixteen Inches 

 f om the Root, to which the two 

 J>i, inches, which were pruned to 

 three Eyes, each for Bearing, mould 

 be falkivd (obierv'ng, as was before 



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directed, not to draw them down 

 too horizontally) ; then another 

 taller Stake mould be placed down 

 near the Foot of the Vine, to which 

 the two Shoots, which were pruned 

 down to two Eyes, mould be fatt- 

 ened, provided they are long enough 

 for that Purpofe ; but if not, when 

 their Eyes begin to moot, thefe mull 

 be trained upright to the Stakes, to 

 prevent their trailing on the Ground, 

 or being broken by the Wind. 



In May the Vines mould be care* 

 fully look'd over again, at which 

 time all weak lateral Branches mould 

 be rubb'd off as they are produc'd ; 

 and thofe Shoots which fhew Fruit, 

 mull be faften'd with Bafs to the 

 Stakes, to prevent their being bro- 

 ken, until they are extended to three 

 Joints beyond the Fruit, where they 

 lhould be llopp'd : but the Shoots 

 which are defign'd for bearing the 

 following Seafon, fhould be kept 

 trained upright to the middle Stake; 

 by which Method the Fruit branches 

 will not made thefe middle Shoots, 

 nor will the middle Shoots made the 

 Fruit j fo that each will enjoy the 

 Benefit of Sun and Air. 



This Method mould be repeated 

 every Fortnight or three Weeks, 

 from the Beginning of May to the 

 Middle or Latter-end of July, which 

 will always keep the Shoots in their 

 right Pofition, whereby their Leaves 

 will not be inverted, which greatly 

 retards the Growth of the Fruit; 

 and, by keeping the Vines conftant- 

 ly clear from horizontal Shoots, the 

 Fruit will not be crouded with 

 Leaves, and fhaded, but will have 

 conftandy the Advantage of the Sun 

 and Air equally, which is of great 

 Confequence ; lcr where the Fruit is 

 covered with thefe dangling Shoots 

 in the Spring, and are afteiward 

 expofed to the Air, either by diveft- 

 ins; thefe' of their Leave?, or e!fe 



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