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ON VINEYARDS. 
Hence it will appear, that the introduction of Vineyards into 
this country would have no bad efFeCt refpeCting agriculture, 
becaufe all ftrong and deep lands, which are bed: adapted for 
tillage, are the moft unfuitable for Vines. 
Permit me to add, that, befides gentle declivities and light 
foils, fuch as are proper for Vineyards,’' Vines grow, in 
fituations 
“ from the ground, which he was told produced admirable grapes when it 
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“ was well managed. 
New hnprovements of Planting and Gardenings 
By Richard Bradley ^ F. R. S. p. 187. 
To the above, the following account from a Celebrated Author may be added : 
“ At Malaga, the great mart of wine and fruit, the North and Eaft approach 
“ is hemmed in by mountains ; thefe prefent, from the town, a moft barren 
“ and unpromifing profpedf, their tops being immenfely high. — It is in 
“ thofe iron-looking mountains, and among thefe peeled (i. e. bald) rocks, 
“ where there Is no appearance of foil or earthy that grow annually fo many 
“ thoufand ton of exquifite wine, and aftoniftiing quantity of Mofcatal 
“ raifins.” 
Carter s Journey from Gibraltar to Malaga^ ii. p. 387. 
Although it be not difficult to determine what foil is properly adapted to pro- 
mote the growth of the Vine from its external appearance, yet there is fomething 
in refpeCf of its nature^ fo deeply hidden from us and unknown, as not to be 
developed but by the quality of the wine. 
I have been informed, that the rich Hungarian wine, fo univerfally efteemed 
for its peculiar flavour, is made only in a very fmall diftridl near Tokays and that 
the adjoining Vineyards, where both foil and fuuation are apparently the fame, 
and 
