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Show young ones, which gives them Occafion to have their Lands trenched; from whence they gain’d more Advantage than the Citizens, who might therefore do the fame. ae Vi Vi ene another. I fuppofe neverthelefs this Land to be paffably good, for otherwife the Breadth of the Ridge and the Path muft be greater, and the Diftance between each Others, on the contrary, allow near fix Plant, or the Vineyard, muft be the oftener Feet for the Breadth, and fometimes more for dung'd. The Paillots are almoft all compos’d of two the Ridge and the Path, but this certainlyis greater than is poflible to dig or cultivate be- Ridges, which contain four Rows; to which tween the Legs; whichis the beft Manner of they allownine Feet in Breadth, tothe end not performing this Work, And whery they dig: onlyto hinder the too great Heat ofthe Sun from otherwife, they will have a great deal of {corching the Vines, that are planted in a Land Trouble to work to the Middle of the Ridge, that is of a burning Quality, (forit is only in which neverthelefs ought to be as well digg’d fuch Lands that they make Pailiots) but alfo in order to provide that the Plants mayre-" as the reft. But the Viguerons of Burgundy do not work ceive the more Nourifhment,and that the Rain fo far; when the Ridges are folarge, they which falls may not fo eafily drain away, but content themfelves to touch but lightly the may remain a long time upon thofe Lands that Middle of thefe Ridges, and theydig the Rows can never have too much of it; and it is for of Plantsa little lefS. It is then advantageous for this Reafon, that one is oblig’d to plant there the Citizens not to give fo much Breadth to before Winter, Thefe Pailjots are planted as the other Vinethe Ridges Thole Vignerons that purchafe Vineyards yards, where theyallow four Feet and anhalf which have the Ridges fo wide, pluck them for the Ridge and for the Path, and as one up oftentimes, that they may be able to plant Paillot,andits Path has ordinarily but nine Feet others there, where they allow much lefs and a half of Breadth, fo their Plants are Breadth for the Ridges and the Diftance be- diftant the one from the other, pretty much tween the Plants, without concerning them- the fame as thofe Vines planted after the Manner I am aboutto {peak ; which may be eafily felves about the Vines lafting the lefs while, But the Citizens ought to follow a better underftood by the Quantity of Plants which Method, which is to give five Feet for the Breadth of the Ridge and the Path, and two Feet three Inches forthe Diftance between each Plant, efpecially when one plants Vines of Auvernat ; becaufe being furnifh’d with Runners, the Ridge muft neceflarily be larger, and the Plants at greater Diftance the one from the other, that they may find more Nourifhment, and that the Shoots ofthe Vines maybe extended the better. A Vineyard planted after this Mannerwill Jaft longer, will defend it felf better againft the Winter's Frofts, will produce finer and better Fruit, which will ripen better and of confequence make better Wine ; and alfo the Vignerons of Burgundy would find their Account in planting of their Vines in this manner, in that they would have fewer Vines to tie, to prune, and to disbranch, €&¢. becaufe there are a great manyfewer Plants in thofe whofe Ridges and Paths are wide, and the Plants lefs crowded ; and for this Reafon there would be but few Vignerons but wouldbe of thisOpinion. WhenI fay, that when one plants Auvernats, they fhould have five Feet in Breadth for the Ridge and the Path, and two Feet three Inches Diftance between each Plant, I {peak of thofe Vines planted in a very good Bottom of Earth, becanfe theywill laft many Ages, being renew’dafter the ufual Manner, For as to thofe Lands where one is oblie’d to renew the Vineyard in about twentyorfive and twenty Years, it will be fufficient to allow four Feet and ahalffor the Breadth of the Ridge and the Path, and twenty Inches for the Diftance between each Plant; becaufe this Vine will not lat a ver y long time, byreafon the Roots will growlar ge and {pread far in the there are in the Vineyards, planted after thefe different Manners. Theyfafhion thefe Plants of the Paillots as thofe which are planted in Ridges; and the Year after they have been planted, theyjoin two together, which form a Paillot. It is re- quifite that the Land which one defigns to plant with Paillots, be difpos’d as that which is planted in Ridges. There are three Sorts of Plants ; thofe from Cuttings, from Layers, and the old Vines that are pluck’d up tobe replanted. The two firft Kinds are very well known by Vignerons, and the third but verylittle ; but they are never the worfe for that, as I fhall make appearin the following Articles. The Cutting is a young Shoot ofthe Year that has no Roots: They always leave at Bottom a Knot of the Wood of the preceding Year. 'Thefe are the moft commonly us¢ They give it no other Management, than to cut off the * Clafpers and the Tops at te fame time that theytake’emoff fromthe and lay them down in the Earth ina B whenthey cut them before Winter, andca plant themtill the Spring. ! This Plant is good, and commonly {v when it has been well chofen, beit in Lands well difposd, and well cult but yet there is an Inconveniency in u ufually puth f of the Vine tubbedoff, and o ripen, becaufe they of Fuly. Vines Earth in fuch a mannerthat they would injure thole Vigour. and that when it is to be planted in Lands that are naturally moift, or that retain the Water: If it be planted early, and there fall cold Rains in great abundance, the Plant foaks in the Water, and the Skin or Rind comes off, andit perifhes inftead of taking Root: And if it be planted too late, and the great Room to pafs between them whenhe is trimming them; for he muft hoe them three times a Year, to hinder the Weeds from growing about them and choaking them, and depriving them of Part of their Nourifhment. ‘Thefe may be taken up at the End of two or three s, according to their Strength. his Portion of Ground is a Sort of Nurfery, fince the Gardeners make them, that they may have Plants to plant in thofe Places where theyare wanting. e of a Citizen to have on his Eftate, y fince the Cuttings do not take Root ¢ hefe Druges do ord that puth with ag ' not fucceed, at leaft if they be not well chofen, and which require a particular Care in their Cultivation. I fhall confider, at the End of the following Article, after what manner we fhould plant the Layers in the Ridges. It is for the Intereft of a Citizen to order Heats and Droughts overtake it before it has his Affairs fo that his Vineyard may be always put forth Buds that are paffably ftrong, it is full of Plants, to the End that it may produce feorched ; wherefore it is better to make ufe a good Quantity of Wine, becaufe it often of the fecond Species of Plants, not only in happens, notwithftanding al] the Precaution that can be taken to keep a Vineyard well furthefe forts of Lands, but all others. The Layers are the long Shoots of Vines of nifh’d, that it will want to be fupply’d, by three Years Growth, which have fmall Roots, reafon of the QuantityofPlants that die from and are better, and lef§ liable to fail. ‘Thefe time to time ; and becaufe one cannot always maybe planted at all times, and in any kinds fupply their Places by the Means of Layers; of Land, provided theyare fuch as don’t re- and becaufe fometimestherewill not be Wood tain the Water. In this cafe, it were better enough upon the Vines that are near for that to wait till March to plant them, or at leaft Purpofe, and that it would not be proper to till the Ground appears healthful, for we fhould make ufe of the Top of the Shoot for feveral Reafons that might be given ; and therefore neverplant in Ground which is very wet. Before the Layers are planted they ought it will be proper to place Plants between the is, to cut off a fewoftheir others. to be prun’d, that Some Vignerons will fay, that it is very rare Roots; and when they are weak at the Place where they were bent, thefe muft not only be that thefe middle Plants fucceed in a Vineyard cut, but alfo the other Branches or Spurs, where theyare planted. ‘To which it may be leaving that which has the moft andftrongeft anfwerd, That it is true, that a middle Plant maynot fucceed, when the Earth has not been Roots. The Layers are a great deal lefs fubjec&t to well prepar’d before the Planting, or when it foak in the Water than the Cuttings ; becaufe has no other Management but that of the having Roots before they were planted, they Vineyard in common ; but ’tis very certain make newones fooner than thofe which have that it will {carce fail, if Care be taken, after the Vintage, to pluck up the dead Shoots, to none. It is true, thefe Layers are more rare than openthe Earth to a good Depth before Winter, the other, but it isan eafy matter to render not only to the Endthat it may mellow, but them commonenough, becaufe one may have alfo that the Vines may not be damae’d in cut whole Acres of them: And all the Precaution ting off Part of its Roots, by which it would that is neceflary for it, confifts in making greatly be weaken’d, if it were not done beLayers, when they are well grown, from the fore the Spring ; and if in every Hole were put a Basket of frefh Earth, or about the Cuttings. may be planted in two different twentieth Part of a good Scuttle-full of wellThefe Places, either in fome Piece of Land defign’d rotted Dung, efpecially when the Plant is fer folely for this Purpofe, or in the Middle of in ftony, clayey or gravelly Ground ; for if it each Ridge, at the Time that a Vineyard is were too hot, it might burn the middle Plant, or breed Vermin, which would gnaw the planted. If they be planted in a particular Piece of Plant andkill it; alfo to tie the Vine after Ground, they muft be laid in Rows betwixt fuch a manner that its Shoot may not hurt the Vines, and there fo, that betwixt each the middle Plant, and, in fine, to clear round Row and the Shoot there may be a fufficient oftener than the Vine, in cafe it has need ; for Diftance, that the Shoots may not hurt one it will be difficult for it to take Root, if the another, and that the Vigneronx may have Weeds choak it: And this is the Reafon, that Iam alfo of the Opinion, that it is the Pru- do not flov Vi 1 Difficulty) a Place where he may alhave Layers in as large a Quantity as he , or fhall fuffice for all thofe that fhall among the Works relating to Vines, where, as often as the Weeds appear, it is convenient to hoe all the Shoots that have been newly planted, it is always beft to give this {mall Stirring immediately after Rain, I have feen among Vines very ftrong in Wood, and of an hundred Years of Age, a middle Plant very {trong to thethird Eye, and which always continu’d to do well ; and I can affirm, thatthefe Vines are plantedin as ftrong Lands as any are in our Plot of Vineyards. Nowif the middle Plant does well the as it is certain it does, we maytake it for granted, hat it will ftill do better in thofe Lands which are light: And hence it is, that there isnot any Land where one maynot plant it, or whereit will not fucceed. Perhaps |
