ON THE AGE AND 
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Vine-tree, in its rude and natural flate, is extremely Umilar 
to that of a large bramble-buih yet, by care and proper 
cultivation, 
“ the parallel parts of Europe, where the feafons are more equal, and the 
“ fpring not fubjecf, as in Carolina^ to the viciffitudes of weather, and alter- 
“ natc changes of warmth and cold, v.hich, by turns, both checks and agitates 
“ the rifmg frp, by which the tender fhoots are often cut off. Add to tins 
“ the ill efFe£ts they are liable to by too much wet, which frequently happen- 
“ ing at the time of ripening, occafions the rotting and burfting of the fruit. 
“ Though the natural caufes of thefe impediments may not prefently be ac- 
“ counted for, yet it is to be hoped that time and an affiduous application will 
“ obviate thefe inclement obftrudtions, of fo beneficial a manufadlure as the 
« making of w’ine may prove.” 
Catefoy s Natural Hijiory of Carolina^ vol. i. page 22. 
^ Although the Vine makes but a mean and defpicable appearance in its rude and 
natural ftate, yet fcarcely any plant furpaflTes it in elegance and beauty w'hen trained 
by art. 
Vines judicioufly propagated againft a wall have a moft pleafing appearance ; and 
if trained, as often is pradfifed on the roof of a Hot-houfe, he. and the different 
kinds of grapes (with their various-coloured berries) are intermixed with propriety, 
there is a wonderful richnefs and beauty at the time when tire fruit is near ripe. 
But the method of training Vines, in the manner of feftoons, as pradfifed in fome 
parts of Spain and Italy, affords a feene fuperb almoft beyond the powers of deferip- 
tion. 
“ I walked leifurely the beft part from Molin de Reys to this town with a 
“ profpedl fufficiently fine all around me, to put any body in mind of the 
“ Elyfian fields. It confifted of an endlefs continuation of Vines, fupported 
“ by 
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