May 25, 1788

Posted by sydney on May 25th, 1788

My winter lettuces all run-off to seed. The Culture of Virgil’s vines corresponds very exactly with the modern management of hops. I might instance in the perpetual diggings, & hoeings, in the tying to the stakes & poles, in pruning of the superfluous shoots &c.: but lately I have observed a new circumstance, which was Farmer Spencer harrowing the alleys between the rows of hops with a small triangular harrow, drawn by one horse, & guided by two handles. This occurrence brought to my mid the following passage:

“.. ipsa/
Flectere lucantis inter vineta juvencos.”        Second Georgic.

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