ON THE VINERY. 
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The plants againft the rafters muft all, without exception, 
be pruned down to the very bottom of each, that is, each Ihoot 
muft be cut fo low, as only juft to admit of length fufficient 
for its being faftened to the bottom of the rafter. 
It will be prudent to let the glaftes remain on, a few days 
after pruning, and efpecialiy if the weather fhould be either 
fevere or rainy. After the glaftes are taken off, it will be ne- 
ceftary to lay a little mulftiing round the bottom of each plant, 
to prevent the froft from injuring the roots : It is neceftary alfo 
to obferve, that dung newly made, or too much decayed, is not 
fo proper for this purpofe, as dung that is in a dead ftate and 
rather ftrawy. Dung from the outftde of hot-beds made in 
the fpring, is, in general, very fuitable for mulfhing. This 
ftiould be laid to the diftance of two feet every way from the 
ftem of the plant, and to the thicknefs of three or four inches. 
A little very rotten dung may be thinly fpread all over the 
border. This completes the bufinefs of the firft feafon. 
As the Vines will require the fame management the fucceed- 
ing year, a repetition of thefe directions will be unneceftary. 
The principals muft again be trained with two ftioots only 
from each plant, and the Vines at the rafters with one (hoot 
each, the fame as in the preceding feafon. The temporary 
plants will probably fhew much fruit, but all the bunches 
ftiould be pinched off as foon as they appear, becaufe the Vines 
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