a loofer Texture, eafily admit a lar- 

 ger Quantity of grofs Nourifliment 

 to pafs thro' them ; whereas thofe 

 of old Vines, which are more 

 woody, are more c'ofely conltritt- 

 ed, and thereby the Juice is better 

 itrain'd in paffing thro' them, which 

 mult confequently render ic much 

 better ; iho' the Grapes from a 

 young Vineyard will be larger, and 

 afford a greater Quantity of Juice; 

 fo that People mould not be difcou- 

 raged, if their Wines at firft are not 

 fo good as they would wifli ; fince 

 afterward, when the Vineyard is a 

 few Years older, the Wine may an- 

 fwer their Expectation. As to the 

 fermenting and managing the Wine, 

 that is treated of particularly under 

 the Article of Wines, to which the 

 Header is defired to turn. 



The Vineyard, being now arrived 

 to a bearing State, mould be treated 

 after the following manner: Firit, 

 in the Pruning, there mould never 

 be too many Branches left upon a 

 Root, nor thofe too long : for al- 

 tho*, by doing of this, there may be 

 a greater Quantity of Fruit produe'd, 

 yet the Juice of thefe will never be 

 fo good as when there is a moderate 

 Quantity of Fruit, which will be 

 better nourilh'd, and the Roots of 

 the Plants not fo much weakened ; 

 which is found to be of fo bad Con- 

 fequence to Vineyards, that when 

 Gentlemen abroad let out Vineyards 

 to Fignerovs, there is always a Claufe 

 infer ted in their Leafes to diredt how 

 many Shoots fhall be left upon each 

 Vine, and the Number of Eyes to 

 which the Branches mult be fhorten- 

 ed ; fc^caufe were not the Vignerons 

 thus tied down, they would overbear 

 the Vines ; fo that in a few Years 

 they would exhauft their Roots, and 

 render them fo weak, as not to be 

 recoverd again in feveral Years; 

 and their Wine would be fo bad, as 



to bring a Difreputation on the 

 Vineyard, to the great Lofs of the 

 Proprietor. 



The Number of Branches, which 

 the Italians generally agree to leave 

 upon a itrong Vine, ar^ four ; two 

 of the itrongeft have four Eyes, and 

 the two weaker are Ihorten'd down 

 to two Eyes each ; which is very 

 different from the common Practice 

 in England, where it is ufual to fee 

 fix or eight Branches left upon each 

 Root, and thofe, perhaps, left with 

 fix or eight Eyes to each ; fo that if 

 thefe are fruitful, one Root muft pro- 

 duce near four times the Number of 

 Bunches which the Italians do ever 

 permit ; and fo confequently the 

 Fruit will not be fo well nounfh'd, 

 and the Roots will alio be greatly 

 weaken'd ; as is the Cafe of all Sorts 

 of Fruit trees, when a greater Num- 

 ber of Fruit is left on, than the Trees 

 can nourifh. 



The next thing is, conftantly to 

 keep the Ground perfectly clean be- 

 tween the Vines, never permitting 

 any fort of Plants or Weeds to grow 

 there : the Ground ihou'ld alio be 

 carefully dug every Spring, and 

 every third Year mould have fome 

 Manure, which Ihould be of different 

 Sorts, according to the Nature of 

 the Ground, or which can be mofl 

 conveniently procur'd. 



If the Land is ft iff, and inclinable 

 to bind on the Surface, then Sea- 

 fand, or Sea-coal Afhes, are either of 

 them very good Manure for it , but 

 if the Ground be loofr and dry, then 

 a little Lime, mix'd with Dung, is 

 the bell Manure for it. This muft 

 be fpread thin upon the Surface of 

 the Ground before it is dug ; and in 

 digging ihould be buried equally in 

 every Part of the Vineyard. Thefe 

 are much preferable to that of all 

 Dung for Vines ; fo that ic will be 

 worth the Expence to procure either j 



