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ovet almoji all their Branches, which at the proper 
feajon oj the Tear, have been every where full of 
Bunches of Grapes , and fo full , even to admira- 
tion : Thefe Arms or Branches of the Vine, are 
according to the Age thereof fome old , fomc new, 
fome thicker and more woody, fome more fender , 
but all of them fo weak as not able to fufiainthem- 
felves, and therefore climb , and twine and fajlen 
themfelvcs upon whatfoever tall Tree or Poles they 
grow next to. The older Arms or Branches are co- 
vered with a thin fcaly Rind, which will often chap 
and peel off of its J elf \ but the younger or young eft, 
are of a reddifh color , fmooth , and firm , with a 
hollownefs or Pith in the middle. Prom the Joints 
Vine Garden. 
of the young Branches , and fometimes from the 
Body of the elder Boughs, break out on every fide, 
broad green Leaves , cut in on the edges into (for 
the moff part ) five divifions, and withal notched or 
dented about. Right againfl the Leaf, and likemife 
at the farther end of the Branches , come forth long , 
twining Tendrels or Clafpers, winding themfelves 
about any thing which fiends next them. At the 
bottom of thefe Leaves, come forth Clufters of fmall 
greenifb yellow Flowers, and after them the Grapes 
growing in Cluficrs in the fame manner, but in va- 
rious Forms, Shapes and Magnitudes, having as 
many different Colors and Tafis for fome Bunches 
are clofe, fome open, fome exceeding long, with 
Branches adjoining -, Jome more compatl without 
Branches fpreading from them : Some Grapes are 
round, fome oval, fome long, fome a little corner d, 
ns it were fquare : Some Grapes are very great, 
fomc in a meant fome leffer, and fome very fmall, 
(,u the fmall Currants which the Grocers fell, of 
which we fh all fpeak in the Second Book of this 
Work next following.) Again, fome Grapes are 
White, fome Red, others Blew, others Black, and 
fome again are party-colored. And as to their 
Tafies, fome are abfolutely foure , fome of a harfh 
Tafi, Jome snore p leafing, Jome very p leaf ant, fome 
oj a mixed Tafi, and fome fweet. Within every 
Grape is contained one , two, and fometimes more, 
fmall little Stones ( excepting in the Sconeleis 
Grape ^ ) which in fome Grapes are fmall, in others 
larger, according to the Magnitude or kind of 
Grape. Where note , that to keep your Vines m 
good order , they ought to be cut low, as to their 
Bodies or Stems, and not fuffered to grow high, nor 
with too fit any Branches, whereby they grow the bet- 
ter, and take up the lej's room, and withal bring 
forth their Grapes fairer, larger, and Jneeter. 
V. To the afore-enumerated Species, we /hall 
here add another Vine, called Vitro laciniatis folijs, 
or Parfly Vine, which is fcarcely a diltinft kind of 
its fell, but rather one of the forts of the White 
Mufcadinc Grape. This kind grows in the very 
fame form and manner as the other kinds do, the 
main difference confifitng chiefly in the Leaves , 
which arc thin , and very much cut in, into many 
parts, even almoji to the middle of each Leaf, and 
each part dented about the edges, The Grapes are 
white and great, exattly like to the White Mufca- 
dine Grape, and of the fame rellifh or tafie , bear- 
ing very great Bunches, andripening with the other 
forts 0 / Mulcadine Grapes. 
VI. "Autuk©- ay Vitis Sylveftris, The Wild 
Vine growing in Woods. This in its Root, Body, 
Branches , Leaves, Tendrels, form and manner of 
growing, differs nothing from the Manured Vine 
firfi deferibed, but only in its Fruit fulnefs ■, and it 
J'cems ( as far as I have obferved it in Carolina 
and other parts of the Welt-Indies,) to be of two 
forts, viz. The Grape Bearing, and the Barren. 
The Grape Bearing yields almoji innumerable 
Cluflers, which tho 1 very pleafant, yet are not alto- 
gether Jo pleafant cu thofe which are Manured, nor 
full out fo large-, but thefe by Tran [plantation into 
Gardens, and being managed as the Manured ones 
are, become altogether the fame with them, (both 
the White and Red kinds) and per filly forget their 
Wild Natures, bringing forth their Grape full as 
large, fair, pie if ant and Jwcet, fo that I can fcarce- 
ly admit it to be a different Species from the Manu- 
red kinds. The Barren Wild Vine, differs in no- 
thing from the Fruitful , or Grape Bearing, but on- 
ly in its not bearing Grapes } zohicb Barrennefs , 
whether it comes from the flmplc Nature and Pro- 
perty of the Vine, or from the Nature and Barren- 
nefs of the Ground , 1 am not able to determine. If 
any who live in the Weft-Indies, or other parts 
where they grow, would pleafe to Tranfplant them 
out of their Native Soil, into one more Fat and Rich , 
they would in a fbort time be able to determine 
the matter. 
VII. T he Places. Their feveral Names, (hew 
the places where each Species naturally grows, but 
all of them being Tranfplanted into our Country, 
will thrive and fiourifh very well, if a reafonable 
care be taken of them ; as may appear by fome 
few of them, which are now become Natives of 
our Climate. 
VIII. The Times. Vines as Columella fays, are 
to be Pruned before the young Branches fpring 
forth, which as Palladius fays, is to be done in 
February -, If they be Pruned later, they loofe their 
Juice and Nutriment with weeping, which if it kills 
not the Vine, yet very much hinders it irom bear- 
ing. The Manured Flower fooner than the Wild 
which grow in the Woods, and therefore their 
Grapes are alfo fo much the fooner ripe ^ but the 
times of their Flowering and ripening, differ very 
much one from another, as alfo in refpefl to the 
Climates where they grow* for as they are hotter 
or colder, fo their Grapes are either fooner or later 
’ tine. OBSER. 
