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pruned down to twenty-two feet, (or about thirty-five eyes) 
and the next fummer produced two or three bunches at almofl: 
every eye. I did not, however, permit more than ten bunches 
to remain, which, in general, were brought to a great degree 
of perfe(ftion, but not any way fuperior to thofe produced on 
ftrong plants, that had been flopped the preceding fummer at 
twenty or twenty-five feet. 
After the Vine-flioots are flopped, (which is done by pinch- 
ing off their tops) they will, in general, pufh out laterals at 
three 
“ I fhould have obferved, that the border is compofed of the fame materials as 
“ has been defcribed for the pots, its depth five feet, and its breadth fourteen 
“ feet : Alfo, that the V^ine-lhoots were, in length, at the time when 
“ planted, from ten to fourteen feet. 
During fummer, the border was kept in a moift ftate, by watering it fome- 
“ times with rain w'ater, and fometimes with foap fuds. 
“ Many of the Vines fhowed fruit; but, according to your directions, they were 
“ diverted of all the bunches except one, which was permitted to remain on 
a Vine, which you called the white Mufeat of Alexandria. This bunch 
was cut on the 26th of November lart, and weighed three pounds, w'anting 
“ only two ounces. The berries were, in general, very large, and of an ex- 
“ cedent flavour. 
“ The Vines are, at this time, remarkably rtrong ; and, in confideration of their 
“ different charatrters and qualities, I may fay have grown with an almort 
“ equal degree of vigour. 
“ I have meafured the length and girth of each Vine-flioot, (there being thirteen 
“ in number) and find them, in length, from thirty-one to forty-eight feet, 
“ and in girth, from one inch and a half to two inches.” 
I am, &c. 
Kelmarjhf Dec. 14, 1787. 
