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Show renee incomesAL RE Vi as it-is uncertain at prefent, how thefe will ripen in this Climate, I thought it properto emit mentioning them in this Place; befides,. it is very probable, that many of them may prove the {ame we already have, underdifferent Names; for as thefe Fruitsare br ght fo they feldom come from different Count this hafty with the fame Names ; andit "Temper to increafe the Number of So confounded the prefent Catalogues Sorts of Vines a re propagatedeither ers or Cuttings, th e former of which dards) for they fhould not be removedagain, But as L intend hereafter totreat in particular about the Planting and Management of Vine, fo in this Place I fhall confine: myfelf only to fuch as are planted cither againft Walls or Pales, for eating. In preparing the Ground, you fhould con- rel and dry, fo that they ratherretar elp the Plants in their Growth, bypreom pufhing out ; for er plant a good Cutting than a rooted Plant, provided it be well chofen, and there is lefs Dar f its not growing. But as there are few Perfons who make ce of proper Cuttings, or at leaft that do gland, {0 it form their Cuttings rightly, i for this 1 I proceed. ould alw ice of fuch Shoots laft Year's Two-years you fho Shoot, fo as to runed {mooth; then the upper Part of the Cutting about fixw, in making the Cut, there can be but one vhereas moft Perfons ; wrong 3 for the plant them a never fo well upper Pa’ ripened ; the lower Part which was produae ° thee do ced garlyin the Spring ; fo that«a0 if they take Root, they never make fo good Plants, * thofe Cuttings being fpungy for the W Moift too freely whereand ioft, admit t in Growth, about the ation they may remain f April, (which is the which fhould be laid little mon Method ufed by the Zuglifb Gardeners, they do all attempt to fhoot, fo that the Strength of the Cuttings is divided to nourifh fo many Shoots, whereas on the contrary, it is all employ’d on one fingle Shoot, which confequently will be much ftronger ; befides, the Sun and Air is apt to dry that Part of the Shoots which remains above Ground, and fo often prevents their Buds from fhooting. Then, having placed in the Cutting, you fhould fill up the Hole gently, preffing down the Earth with your Foot, and raife a little Hill juft upon the Top of the Cutting, to cover the upper Eye quite over, which wilF prevent it from drying. This being done, there is nothing more neceflary, but to keep the Ground clear from Weeds, until the Cuttings begin to fhoot, at which time youfhould look over them carefully, to rub off any dangling Shoots, if fuch are produced, and faften the main Shoot to the Wall ; which fhouid be conftantly faftened up, as it is extended in Length, to prevent its breaking or hanging down. ‘You muft continue alfo, dus ring the Sw Seafon, conftantly rubbing off all lateral Shoots which are produced, leaving onlythethe firft main Shoot ; and be {ure to keep the Ground conftantly clear from Thefe'Things being duly ment of grown Viwes, which I fhall do ag briefly as poffible. And, Firft, Vines do rarely produce any Bearing- fhould look over them carefully, to rub off Shoots from Wood that is more than one all weak, dangling Shoots, leaving no more than the two Shoots, which are produced from the two Eyes of the laft Year's Wood, which fhould be faftened to the Wall ; and fo from this, until the Vizes have done flicoting, you fhould look them over, once in three Weeks, to rub off all lateral Shoots as they ate produced, and to faften the two main Shoots to the Wall; as they are extended in Length, which muft not be fhortened before the Middle of Fuly, when it will be proper to nip off their Tops, whirh will ftrengthen Year old; therefore great Carefhould be takeri to have fucH Wood in every Part of the Trees ; for the Fruit are alwaysproduced upon Shoots, which come out from the Buds of the aft Year’s Wood, fo that is always upon the fime Year’s Shoots. The Method commonly practis'd by the Gardeners in England, is, to fhorten the Branches of the forme# Years Growth, downto three or four Eyes, at the time of pruning ; tho’ there are fome Perfons who leave thefe Shoot five Eyes long, andaffirm, that by this Practice they obtain a the lower greater Quantity of Fruit: Eyes. And during the Summer But this is very Seafon, you muft conftantly keep the Ground wrong, fince it is impoffible that one Root clear from Weeds, nor fhould you permit any can nourifh forty or fifty Bunches of Grapes, Sort of Plants to grow near the Vives, which fo well as ic can ten or twelve ; fo that what would not only rob them of Nourifhment, but is gotten in Number is loft in their Magnithade the lower Parts of the Shoots; and tude; befides, the greater Quantity of Fruit thereby prevent their Ripening; which will there is left on Vises, the later they are ri- not only caufe their Woodto be fpungy and pend, and their Juice isnot fo rich. luxuriant, but renderit lefs fruitful, At Michaelmas you fhould prune thefe again, leaving three Buds to each of the Shoots, provided they are ftrong, othefwife it is better to fhorten them downto two Eyes, (for it is very wrong Practice to leave much Wood upon young Vines, or to lay their Shoots in too long, which greatly weakens the Roots) then you fhould faften them to the Wall, drawing each of themout horizontally from the Stem; then, in the Spring, digthe Borders as before. And this is well known in the Wine Countries, where there are Laws enaéted, to direct the Quantity of Shoots, and the Number of Eyes that thofe are to have upon each Root, left by overbearing them, they not only exhauft and weaken the Roots, but thereby rende? the Juice weak, and fo deftroy the Reputation of their Wine. Wherefore, the beft Method is, to leave the Bearing-Shoots about four Eyes in-Length, (becaufe the lowermoft never produce) and three Buds are fufficient, for each oftheie will _The third Seafon you muft go over the Vines again, fo foon as they begin to fhoot, produce two or three Bunches; fo that from each of thofe Shoots there maybe expected tubbing off all Danglers, as before, and training in the leading Shoots, (which this Seafon May be fuppofed to be two from each Shoot of the laft Year’s Wood ; but if they attempt to produce two Shoots from one Eye, the fix or eight Bunches, which is a fufficient Quantity. Thefe Shoots muft be laid in about eighteen Inches afunder, for if they are clofer, whenthe Side-Shoots are produced, there wlll not be Room enoughto train them in againft weakeft of them muft be rubbed off, for there the Wall, which fhould always be obferved; thould never be more than oneallowedto come and as their Leaves are verylarge, fo the out of an Eye). Ifany of them produces Fruit, Branches fhould be left at a proportionable #8 manytimes they will the third Year, you Diftance, that they may not crowd or fhade thould not {top them, ({0 foon as is generally each other. , practifed uponthe bearing Shoots of old Vines) In Pruning, you fhould always obferve to yet I am fatisfied, from feveral Experiments, mer, at which time you may pinch off the backward from it, that if it fhould bleed, the n you fhould to be the beft Method): ‘The Reafcn for advifing the pruning the Vines at this Seafon, but Permit them to fhoot forward till Afid/um- make the Cut juft above an Eye, floping it Tops of the Shoots, for if this were done too Sap might not flow upon the Bud : And wheré in is, becaule ferring it till Spring, *00n, it would fpoil the Buds for the next there is an Opportunity of cutting down fome rts of thofe young sShoots, 1+ fubject to decay in Winter, ane noxious Matter from the Air, €ar’s Wood, which in young Vines muft be young Shoots to two Eyes, in order to pro carefully preferved, becaufe there are no Shoots laidin on purpofe for Wood, as is commonly, Practis’d on old Vines. During this Summer you muft conftantly go duce vigorous Shoots for the next Year's’ Bear= {topping of thofe Shoots which have Fruit upon them in Mzy, it often {poils the Eyes for ove your Pines, anddifplacé all weak, lateral Shoots as they are produced, and carefully what the Vignerons abroad do’ always’ practifé they. have contra¢ted ; and if you find them very dry, you fhould let them ftand with their lower Parts in Water, fix or eight Hours, which will diftend their Veffels, and difpofe rather than ¢ the tender I left on, are imbibe fome themfor taking Root. ‘hen ferabout preparing the Ground where the Plants are defigned to which greatly weakens their Roots; fo that if they are cut off early in Autumn, we remain, Gwhether againft. Walls or for Stan-~ S immature Branches, hauft the Goodnefé ofthe Soil, and ftarve the Cuttings. The Michaelmas following, if your Cut1 fhould tings have produced {trong Shoots, you i 5 prune them down to two Eyes, (which, tho by fome People may be thought too fhort, ake them out, and wafh them from the Filth Pp to cover either of the Eyes of the laft Year’s to drain off the Moifture, then raife the Bor{ floping, that their Tops mayincline to the Wall; but muft be put in fo deep, that the uppermoft Eye maybe level with the Surface of the Ground: for when there are two or three Eyes left above Ground, as is the com- not to injure the Wood. After this they will require no farther Care until they begin to fhoor, when you fhould be fill’d with Lime Rubbith, the better Weeds, which, if fuffer’d to grow, will ex- fhould bepl Ground, ful in the doing of this, fhould open a Trench againft the Wall, which into each Hole, as waa Roots of your Vines ; you fhould alto raife obferved, aré all that is neceffary in the Mathe Earth up to the Stems of the Plants, fo nagement of young Vines, 1 fhall therefore as to cover the old Wood, but not fo deep as_ proceed to lay down Rules for the Govern- fider the Nature of the Soil, wnich, if ftrong der with frefh, light Earth, about a Foog thick, fo that it may be at leaft a Foot above keep the Ground clear fromm Weeds. ftrengthened. before directed) that the Shoots may ripen In the Spring, after the cold Weather is | well, which isa material thine to be obferved pais'd, you mutt gently digup the Borders, to in moft Sorts of Frtit-Trees, but efpeciallyin loofen the Earth ; but you muft be very care- Vines ; which feldom produce any Fruit from and inclinable to Wet, is by no Means proper for Grapes; but where it thus happens, you ‘eatly practis’d in England, but the latter nat I would recommend, as being much able to the other. For the Roots of the Level of the Ground; then you fhould and woody, as in open the Holes about fix Feet Diftance from flender, each other, putting one good ftrong Cutting nd, they feldom ft ther, atid thereby the Roots will be greatly Wounds will heal over before the bad bres ther, ing, it fhould always be done ; becaufe iw Bearing ; and this referving of new Wood, is’ ” WwW |
