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then ye may breakc off all fuch branches as is afore declared, upon 
one old branch, three or foure heads be enough, for the more 
heads your branch hath, the worfe your Grape ftiall be nourifhed, 
and wlicnyeaitoff any branch, cut him offhaid by or nigh the 
old branch : if your Vine wax old, thebeft remedy is, if there 
grow any young Cion about the root, yec (hall In the winter cut 
offthe old Vine hard by the ground, or as nigh as you can, and 
let the young Vine lead, and he will continue along time, if ye 
cover and fill the place about the root with good earth againe. 
There is alio upon, or by every elufter of grapes, a fmall Cion like 
a Pigs cailc, turning about, which doth take away the fap fi om 
the Grape, if ye pinch it off hard by the fialke of your grape, your 
^frtrii fiiall be the greater. If your Vine wax too rank and thick of 
braiiches,yelhdldig therootin winter, and op'n th« earth, and 
fill it up againe with fand and aftics blend together, and whereas 
a Vine is unfruitfull and doth not beare, ye lhall bore a hole 
( with an Auger ) unto the heart or pith, in the body or thickeft 
part thereof, then put in the Paid hole a fmall ftone, but fill not 
the hole clofe therewith, but fo that the fickneffe of the Vine may 
pafTe thereby. Then lay all about the root of good earth mingled 
with good dung, and fo fhall he not be unfruitfull, but beare 
well ever after : or alfo, to call on old mens Urine or piffc, all a- 
bouc the root of the barren Vine, and if he were halfe loft or mard, 
he fhould grow againe, and wax fruitfull, as before : This is to be 
done in winter. 
To have Grapes without Jhanes. 
Y Ec fhall take young plants or branches, and fhall fet or plant 
the top or fmall end downward in the earth, and fo ye may 
fct two of them together for failing, as I have afore declared of 
the others, and thofe branches fhall bring Grapes without ftones. 
To make y?Hr Vine to bring a Grape to tafie lil^ Claret, 
T O make your Vine to have a Grape, to tafte like Claret Wine, 
and pleafant wkhall, ye fhall bore a hole in the ftock unto 
the heart, or pith thereof, then fhall ye make a leftuary with the 
powder of cloves, of cinamon mingled with a little fountaine or 
running water, and fill the faid hole therewith, and flop h faft and 
dofe with wax, and fb binde it faft thereon, with a linnen cloth, 
and thofe Grapes fliall uft like claret wine. 
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