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a moft delicate fruit, fit to add a flavour to 
the Wines of other, they are great bear¬ 
ers and yield fair fruit. 
Any Cuttings almoft of the Vine will choiuof 
grow in a cool moift Ground 5 therefore it Sets ‘ 
is good to raife a Stock of them before¬ 
hand, againft the time you plant your 
Vineyard. Alfo cuttings of Vines that have 
a little of the old wood on them, will ea- 
fily grow where you intend to place them 
for good ; but Layers are the moft cer¬ 
tain. 
Mark your Ranges, that they may be W# » 
about three Foot diftance the one from the "fffg 
other, and dig a Trench for every Range them. 
abouta Foot wide, and a Foot deep, clean 
in the bottom, and upright on the fides; 
Then fit your Plants, Layers, or Sets of 
Vines, fo that you leave not above two 
or three eyes of the young wood upon 
them; Then Plant them about two Foot 
apart in the bottom of the Trenches, fo 
that the Roots lie acrols the Trenches; 
then cover them three or four inches with 
the Mould, that the top of the Sets may 
be even with the edge of the Trench: then 
cover the Plants all along in the Trenches 
with Litter or Stubble of a reafonable 
thicknefi, to preferve them from dry and 
piercing 
