ON VINEYARDS. 
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The only art I ever ufed to it, was putting three pounds of white 
fugar candy to fo?ne of the hogjheads, when the wine was frf 
tunned from the prefs, in order to conform to a rage that prevailed, 
to drink none but very fweet Champaign. 
I am convinced much good wine might be made in many parts 
of the South of England, Many parts are South of Fain s- 
Hill } many foils may be yet ftter for it, and tnany ftuations niuf 
he fo for mine was much expofed to the South- JVef wind, ( the 
worf of all for Vines ) and the declivity was rather too fleep ; yet 
with thefe difadvantages it fucceeded many years. Indeed, the 
uncertainty of our climate is againf it, and many fine crops have 
been fpoiled May frojis and wet fummers', but one good year 
balances many difappointments. 
** There are not wanting in this country feveral Gentlemen of 
fortune, who make the improvements in agriculture their 
** favourite ftudy and pradlice. To fuch, no experiments xould 
** give a more rational and elegant amufement than planting and 
cultivating a fmall Vineyard in a favourable fituation : Nor 
** could the fruits of any other plantation afford that chearful 
“ pleafure, which they would receive, from drinking fine wines 
** of their own produdion. The profpe(ft of fome fuccefs, even 
** from the firfl: trial, feems almofi; certain, if conducted by the 
rules given by Mr. Hamilton and Miller, with the neceffary 
affiftance of a good Vigneron, well verfed in the mechanic 
operations 
