ON THE VINERY. 
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If at any time, during the months of June, July, and Au- 
guft, the weather prove very hot and fultry, hardly too much air 
can be given to theVines. I have fometimes taken the glafl'es en- 
tirely off the Vines during a violent hot feafon, and have always 
found the grapes to fwell exceedingly during fuch a conftitu- 
tion of the air. Befides, the Vines will be greatly benefited by 
this mode of treatment, and efpecially when there are copious 
dews and refrefhing fliov/ers. It will be proper, however, to 
put on the glaffes at the time of the ripening of the fruit, as 
there is no depending on the flavour cf the grapes when ex- 
pofed to the weather. 
It is highly proper to keep the border in a moifl ftate during 
the time of the fwelling of the fruit ; but when the grapes 
change, and become nearly ripe, water fhould be given very 
fparingly j fince, if the border were at that time kept too wet, 
it would debafe the flavour of the grapes. 
As foon as the grapes are all cut, take off the glafs frames, 
and give the border a very plentiful watering, which may be 
repeated two or three times in the fpace of eight or ten days, 
in cafe of dry weather. — From this time till the pruning feafon, 
the Vines will require a management fimilar to that of the pre- 
j«eding feafon. 
In pruning the principals this third feafon, only one general 
rule is to be obferved, which is, to prune all the fhoots 
produced 
