ON THE VINERY. 
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already treated of, and the diftance at which they fhould be 
planted, ought previoufly to be afcertained. 
It fliould feem, that fufficient attention had not hitherto 
been given to the latter of thefe heads of confideration, becaufe 
we find it is the common pradlice to plant all the different 
forts at the fame diflances. Whereas the different degrees of 
vigour, and manner of growing of the different forts, require 
larger or lefs fpace to be allowed, in proportion to the natural 
chara(fter and qualities of the plant. 
It happens but too often, that the fpace allowed to Vines is 
too fcanty and infufficient, as we feldom fee the diflance be- 
tween plant and plant greater than three or four feet. Now it 
is certain that a wall will foon get furniflied by this clofe me- 
thod of planting, and that tolerable crops of grapes may alfo 
be produced in a few -years : But if Vine-plants be permitted, 
to remain many years fo clofe together, they will be cramped 
in their growth for want of room, and thereby rendered lefs 
productive. 
Suppofe a wall twelve feet high, and the Vines planted even 
five feet apart, there will then, upon an average, be only fixty 
fquare feet for each plant ; and yet we know that it is poffible 
for a Vine to occupy more than twenty times that fpace. 
I fliould recommend a fpace of from fix to twelve feet be- 
tween plant and plant, according to the forts of Vines intended 
to 
