Of Propagating the Vine. yp 
about three or four Joynts or Knots. This 
fecond Winter dig your Vineyard, and 
lay it all level, being careful that you 
touch not any of the main Roots of your 
Vines with your Spade. 
In this third Summer, your Vines will Propping 
begin to bear 5 to which end you mult pro- 
vide Props of Hazel , AJh , or Oal^ about 
Jour Foot in length, placed behind your 
Plant. 
In May rub off all the Suckers, leaving 
° u nl y fach as proceed from the Knots of 
the 1 aft year, and that are likely to bear 
Fiuit. Then thofe Shoots thatcomefrom 
thole Knots, bind to your Props; and when 
the Fruit is of about the fize of RaddiJI)- 
Seed, nip off the Branches about a fpan 
above it with your Fingers, which is much 
better than to cut them. And in the heat 
of the day, for then their wounds will the 
fooner heal. 
1 he fourth year obferve the fame me¬ 
thod, for then may you expeft the corn- 
pleat^ fruit of your labour; remembring 
that in every Winter you leave but one, 
and that the ftrongeft (hoot or Branch for 
a Standard, and not above four or five 
Foot high, cuttingall the reft clo'fe, unleft 
you find any that are very ftrong,to which 
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