OF THE VINK, 
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fruit-bearing fhoots muft all be cut down nearly to the bottom 
of the rafters); but when any of the Vine-plants appear weak, 
and have not made flaoots more than eight, ten, or twelve 
feet long, it will be proper to prune every fuch fhoot down to 
two, three, or four eyes, without having regard to the aforefaid 
diredlion of furniflaing every other rafter with a fruit-bearing 
flioot. 
In pruning, obferve to take off the flioots with a clean 
floaping ftroke, about half an inch above the eye. Make 
choice of a bold eye to terminate the end of the flaoot. After 
pruning, let the Vine-flioots be completely faflened to the 
rafters, &c. and thus ends the bufihefs for the firft feafon after 
planting. 
Vines growing in pine-ftoves conftantly begin to fhoot early 
in the month of January; at that feafon they generally make 
weak fhoots, and fhew fmall bunches ; and this proceeds from 
the houfe being kept warm at that feafon, on account of the 
early crops of cucumbers, kidney- beans, &c. which are raifed 
in moft Hot-houfes. But when a Hot-houfe is kept to a pro- 
per degree of heat required for pines, during the winter months, 
the Vines will feldom begin to pufli till about the middle of 
February. It is ufual to fee Vines in pine-ftoves pufh only at 
two or three eyes at the extremity of the fhoots. Thefe two 
or three new fhoots taking the lead, the reft of the eyes below 
will remain in a dormant ftate, and caufe along fpace of naked 
wood. 
