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Hops an, fuch as has not been tilPd 

 or fown for many Years, or an old 

 «kcay*d Orchard ; for Land that is 

 r. orn out by long bearing of Corn, 

 will require abundance of Dung, to 

 bring it into any tolerable Condition 

 to bear a Crop of Hops. 



The Ktntijh Planters accounting 

 new Land beft for Hops, they plant 

 their Hop-gardens with Apple-trees, 

 at a large Diltance, and with Cherry- 

 trees between ; and when the Land 

 bath done its bell for Hops, which 

 they reckon it will in about ten 

 Years, the Trees may begin to bear. 

 The Cherry - trees laft about thirty 

 Years ; and by that time the Apple- 

 ' trees are large, they cut down the 

 Cherry-trees. 



The EJfex Planters account a 

 moory Land the propereft for Hops ; 

 tho* there are feveral other Sorts of 

 Soil that are efteemed very good. 



Some account that Land that has 

 a rofielly Top, and a brick earthy 

 Bottom, the bed : a true Roflel, or 

 Sgfct Land, is what they generally 

 plant in, whether it be white or 

 black. 



Perfons ought to be very curious 

 in the Choice of the Plants and Sets, 

 as to the Kind of Hop; for if the 

 Hop-garden be planted with a Mix- 

 sure of feveral Sorts of Hops, that 

 ripen at feveral times, it will caufe 

 a great deal of Trouble, and be a 

 great Detriment to the Owner. 



The Sets ought to be procured 

 out of Grounds that are intirely of 

 the fame Sort you would have ; they 

 fhould be five or fix Inches long, 

 with three or more Joints or Buds 

 on them, all the old Bind and hollow 

 parf of the. Set being cut off. 



If there be a Sort of Hop you 

 rahiC, and v/ould increafe Plants 

 and Sets from, the fuperfiuous Binds 

 may be laid down when the Hops 

 arc tied, cutting of? the Tops, and 



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burying them in the Hill ; or when 

 the Hops are drefs'd, all the Cut- 

 tings may be faved, and laid in 

 Rows in a Bed of good Earth ; for 

 almoft every Part will grow, and 

 become a good Set the next Spring. 



As to the Seafons of planting 

 Hops, the Kentijh Planters beft ap- 

 prove the Months of October and 

 March, both which fucceed very 

 well : but the common Sets are not 

 to be had in Ottober, unlefs from 

 fome Ground that is to be digg'd up, 

 and dcitroy'd ; and likewife there is 

 fome Danger, that the Sets may be 

 rotted, if the Winter prove very 

 wet : but the molt ufual time of pro- 

 curing them is in March t when the 

 Hops are cut and drefs'd. 



As to the manner of planting the 

 Sets, you fhould put five good Sets 

 in every Hole with a Setting-flick; 

 one is to be placed in the middle, 

 and the reft round about, floping, 

 the Tops meeting at the Centre : 

 they mujt Hand even with the Sur- 

 face of the Ground : let them be 

 prefs'd clofe with the Hand, and co- 

 vered with fine Earth ; and a Stick 

 fhould be placed on each Side the 

 Hill, to fecure it. 



A Mixture of Compoft or Dung 

 being prepared for your Hop - 

 ground, the beft time for laying it 

 on, if the Weather prove dry, is 

 about Michaelmas, that the Wheels 

 of the Dung-cart may not injure the 

 Hops, nor furrow the Ground : if 

 this be not done then, you mull be 

 obliged to wait till the Froft has 

 hardened the Ground, fo that it 

 will bear the Dung-cart : and this 

 is alfo the time to carry on your 

 new Poles, to recruit thofe that are 

 decayed, and to be cut out every 

 Year. 



Thofe who have but a fmaU 

 Quantity of Dung, ufually content 

 themfelves with laying on about 



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