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My information on this subject, has been derlvecl 
from authors, and from my own limited observation 
I have consulted Speechly, the Encyclopedia, Win- 
terbotham (Am. hist. vol. 3.) the 1st vol. FennsyL 
Phil, trails, which contains a very intelligent trea¬ 
tise by Mr. Antill, particularly adapted to this 
country, and certain manuscripts. From these sour¬ 
ces, I have endeavored to collect the most valuable 
and necessary facts and precepts—to arrange then^ 
in proper order, and express them with the utmost 
plainness. 
Since writing the above, I have met with Mr» 
Forsyth’s treatise on fruit trees ; which is deser¬ 
vedly held in the highest estimation. And as his 
method of training and pruning the vine, is differ¬ 
ent from all premoiis practice^ I shall conclude this 
essay with certain extracts from his book. 
Observations and experiments on training and priuu 
ing vines.—Ytom Forsyth, p. 77. 
The foilov/ing is the method that I pursued with 
some vines which were planted against the piers of 
a south w^all. When I took them in hand, the 
fruit was so small and hard as to render it unfit to 
be sent to the tabic. The vines were trained up¬ 
right, which caused them to grow so luxuriantly 
that the sap flowed into the be an c he s instead of the 
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