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early, nor very late, except the weather be very mild, and 
after you do once to begin to cover,you muft be careful that 
you do not negleft to be conftant,for you muft know that 
covering will make them more tender, and therefore more 
apt to mifcarry} alfo you muft make fuch provision, that 
the wind may not caule your covering to flam too and 
fro, and fo caufe more mifearriage to your fruit, than if you 
had not covered it at all. Alfo know, that by much co¬ 
vering and hindering your trees from the benefit of the Sun 
in their ufoal time of blowing, you may caufe your fruit to 
come later than is ufoal for that kind of fruit to do 5 
and oft caufe fome forts of fruit to bear pretty well, which 
ordinarily do not at all, or very little. Other ways might 
be related, both for thefe laft mentioned Cafoalties, and 
all the other, but in regard they are either very trou- 
blefome, uncertain, or full of danger, I forbear to relate 
them. 
Of Vines and their Ordering. 
F ir ft for the encreafing of Vines, you may fet them of cut¬ 
tings from the fall of the Leaf, to the end of February, 
either all of the fame years (hoot or growth, or you may 
take a joynt or two of theformer years growth with yourfot, 
but it will do well enough being all of the lame years growth, 
let them be fet the depth of two or three joyntsin the ground 
or more, if the joynts be near or thick, and as much above 
ground 5 thole cuttings are accounted beft by fome,that are 
thickeft of joynts 5 let your ground be good, and the Situ¬ 
ation temperate,not too dry,nor too wet,and after they have 
had two years growth, you may remove & Plant them in con¬ 
venient places for bearingrwhen Vines are taken up to Plaht, 
being but of one years growth, either of cutting or layer, 
their root confiding onlyofa few lappy firings,in cafe they be 
not fpeedily planted befbrethe wind take their roots, which 
will quickly be ifnot prevented, then I lay your labour and 
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