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three or four eyes on the upper part of the llioot. Thefe la- 
terals fhould not be entirely taken off, as it would caufe more 
eyes lower upon the flioot to pufli alfo. It would, therefore, 
be prudent to permit the firfl; laterals to grow twelve or four- 
teen inches, and then to pinch off their tops. Thefe laterals, 
in their turn, will pufli out fecondary laterals, which fliould 
be pinched oiT at the fecond or third joint ; Thus the fap may 
be diverted till the end of the feafon. 
In November, and the beginning of December, the leaves 
of the Vines change from green to beautiful variegated colours, 
and foon after fall off. 
The time when the leaves of the Vine begin to fall, is the 
befl: feafon for pruning. In the Hot-houfe, this will generally 
be in the month of December. In the flrfl; feafon of pruning, 
fuppofing the Vines to have grown with an exactly equal degree 
of vigour, it will be proper to prune the (hoots at every other 
rafter down to three, four, or five eyes, and the other to about 
twenty-one or twenty-twp feet. Here I wifli to be underflood, 
that the above mode of pruning is only to be ufed when Vines 
have grown remarkably flrong the preceding fummer ; for when 
Vines have grown only moderately flrong, tlie (hoots fliould be 
pruned down to about half the above length, viz. eleven feet. 
The intent of this alternate diflerence in pruning is, that the 
former fliould make fine wood for the fucceeding feafon, and 
that the latter fliould produce a crop of fruit, (after which, thefe 
fruit- 
