ON PRUNING. 
^35 
When Vines are in a weak ftate, they will always require to 
be fhort pruned, that is, the (hoots in general (liould be pruned 
, to two, three, or four eyes each. 
And when Vines are only moderately vigorous, the (lioots 
(hould be left about a fpan long. This, however, muft be 
underftood only of fpreading Vines, that cover a good extent of 
walling, for Vines, trained in one (lioot up the rafters, in a 
Hot-houfe, require a different treatment. 
When Vines are in extreme vigour, they always produce the 
bed grapes from (hoots that are left a great length. 
The height of a Vinery will feldom admit of (hoots, be they 
ever fo (Irong, being left longer than fix or feven feet ; but 
when vigorous Vines are trained in one (lioot up the rafters, 
in a Hot-houfe, they may conftantly be pruned to the length 
of eighteen, twenty, or twenty-two feet. — A perfon unac- 
cuftomed to this pradice would, from hence, be inclined to 
deem this mode abfurd, and would naturally conclude, that the 
Vines muft be rendered weak by it. It is not, however, from 
the length of the flioot, but from fuffering by the next year’s 
crop, that fuch danger is to be apprehended. 
The extreme parts of thefe long and vigorous (hoots always 
produce both bunches and berries of a remarkable (ize. The 
uncommon large bunches, that have been produced in Welbeck 
gardens. 
