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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



^ Fig. 1, represents the vine as cut back when firsB 



JL planted out. After a season's growth it is again cutback 



in the fall to within about two inches of where it started,, 



and then presents an appearance very similar to what it did at 



planting. 



Fig. 2, represents the growth at the end of the second 

 season. These upright shoots are now to be shortened in 

 autumn more or less, according to their strength, and in. 

 spring, tied out horizontally. 



Fig. 3 represents the growth at the end of 

 the third year. In the fall the only prun- 

 ing necessary is to shoi-ten back the upright 

 _ canes. 



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Fig. 4, represents a full grown vine, trained on the renewal sys- 

 tem. The dark shoots arc the present year's bearers ; the dotted ones 

 those growing this year for bearing next. In the fall those which 

 bear this year are cut out, leaving a good bud or two at the bottom 

 from which to grow a cane next year for bearing the year after. 

 Omit the dotted lines and it represents a vine ready for spur prun- 

 ing in autumn, by shortening the beai-ing side branches.. 



