STATURE OF THE VINE. 
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cultivation, we find it fiometimes arrive to a large bulk, and, 
in point of longevity, to vie even with the venerable oak. 
Many kinds of fruit-trees, and even fome that rife to a com- 
.petent fize, much refembling timber, are, neverthelefs, 
Y 2 exceedingly 
“ by mulberry-trees regularly planted, the Vine-branches fo difpofed as to 
“ form rich feftoons from one tree to the other. I have feen fuch feftooned 
“ Vineyards in fome parts of Italy, efpecially in the dutchies of Mantua and 
“ Modena, with this only difference from the Catalonian fafhion, that inftead 
“ of mulberry-trees, the Modenefe and Mantuan Vines are fupported by 
elms. 
“ Think how rich the Catalonian foil muft be, that affords nourifnment not 
“ only to thofe Vines and mulberry-trees, but alfo to the wheat that is fown 
“ under their fhade*! Nay, there are vineyards in this country in which, 
“ after the corn-crop, they get another of fome other grain. What a delight- 
“ ful objedl to the eyes of the honeft hufbandman, to fee fo much fertility 
“ come thus forth to reward his well-fpent labours !” 
Baretti s Travels^ vol. iv. page 73. 
It is much to be regretted that Mr. Baretti did not inveftigate and defcribe the 
-foil which is faid to be thus prolific. The feftoon vineyards in Lombardy are 
not 
* Mr. SwinburnCy in his Travels through Spain^ faySy “ Their vintages are com- 
monly very plentiful. This autumuy 1775? there was fuch a fuperabundance of 
grapes in the valley ofTalarny in the neighbourhood of P alias y that whole vineyards 
“ were left untouched, for want of veffels to make or hold the wine in. Notice was 
pajied upon the church doors, that any one was at liberty to take away what quan~ 
tity he pleafed, on paying a fmall acknowledgment to the proprietors. The bejl red 
wine of Catalonia is made at Mataw, north of Barcelona, and the hejl white at 
“ Sifges, between that city and Tarragona.” Page 65. 
