of them : and as they require manu- 

 ring but every third Year, where the 

 Vineyard is large, it may be divided 

 into three equal Parts ; each of which 

 may be manured in it? Turn, where- 

 by the Expence will be but little 

 every Year * whereas when the 

 Whole is manur'd together, it will 

 add to the Expence ; and in many 

 Places there can't be a fufticient 

 Quantity procured to manure a large 

 Vineyard in one Year. 



TheDiggingandManuring fho'jld 

 always be perform'd about the Be- 

 ginning of March ; at which time 

 all the fuperficial or Day-roots, as 

 they are cdl'd, mull be cut off; but 

 the larger Roots muft not be injur'd 

 by the Spade, cjrV. therefore the 

 Ground clofe to the Stem of the 

 Vines muft not be dug up deep. 

 After this done, the Stakes mould 

 be placed down, one on each Side the 

 Vines, at about fixteen Inches from 

 their Stems ; to which the longeft 

 [bearing Branches mould be faiten'd, 

 and one Stake dole to the Stem, to 

 which the two fho.ter Branches 

 fhould be train'd upright, to furnifh 

 Wood for the fucceeding Year. 



In the Summer they muft becare- 

 [fully Iook'd over, as before, rubbing 

 off all weak dangling Shoots, and 

 [training the good ones to the Stakes 

 [regularly, as they are produc'd ; and 

 [:bofe of them which have Fruit, 

 lliould be ftopp'd in Mny, about three 

 Ifoints beyond the Bunches; but the 

 lipright Shoots, which are defign'd 

 I or bearing the following Year, muft 

 liot be ftopp'd till the Beginning of 

 Wfulj, when they may be left about 

 live Feet long ; for if they are ftop- 

 |>ed fooner in the Year, it will caufe 



■ hem to moot out many dangling 



■ branches from the Sides of the Eyes ; 

 l/hich will not only occafion more 



■ "rouble to difplace them, but alio 



■ all be injurious to the Eyes or Buds. 



N. B. All this Summer Drejfing 

 Jhould be performed with the Thumb 

 and Finger, and not with Knives j be* 

 caufe the Wounds made by Injiruments 

 in Summer do not heel fo foon as when 

 fiopfd by gently nipping the leading 

 Bud ; which if done before the Shoot 

 is become woody y it may be effected 

 nvith great Eafe, being very tender 

 nubile young. 



When a Vineyard is thus careful- 

 ly drefi'ed, it will afford as much 

 Pleafure in viewing it as any Planta- 

 tion of Trees or Shrubs whatever, 

 the Rows being regular; and if the 

 Stakes are exaclly plac'd, and the 

 upright Shoots ftopp'd to an equal 

 Height, there is nothing in Nature 

 which will make a more beautiful 

 Appearance : and during the Seafoa 

 that the Vines are in Flower, they 

 emit a moft grateful Scent, efpeci- 

 ally in the Morning and Evening; 

 and when the Grapes begin to ripen, 

 there will be a freflj Pleafure ariftng 

 in viewing of them. 



But as the Beauty of Vineyards 

 arifes from the regular Difpofuion 

 of the Branches of the Vines, great 

 Care mould be taken, in their Ma- 

 nagement, to train them regularly, 

 and to provide every Year for new 

 Wood to bear the fucceeding Year; 

 becaufe the Wood which has pro- 

 duced Fruit, is commonly cut quite 

 away, after the Fruit is gather'd, 

 or at leaft is fhorten'd down to two> 

 Eyes, to force out Shoots for the 

 next Year, where there is not a 

 fufficient Number of Branches upon 

 the Vine, of thofe trained upright ; 

 fo that in Summer, when the Vines 

 are in Perfection, there fhould be fix 

 upright Shoots train'd for the next 

 Year's Wood, and three or four 

 bearing Branches, with Fruit on 

 them ; more than thefe ought never 

 to be left upon one Vine, for the 

 Reafons before given. 



N. B. 



