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4. Planting young Vines — The young vines should be planted 



out about the beginning of May in the specially prepared 

 border or holes, at distances of four or five feet apart, 

 and as they grow, each one should be trained up a 

 straight, stout stick, 



Keep supplied with water and encourage growth during 

 the summer. Allow them to dry off and ripen during 

 late autumn and winter. 



5. Pruning and Training — At end of February or beginning of 



March cut the young vine down to within three or four 

 inches of the ground, and when growth starts only allow 

 the strongest shoot to grow to form the permanent vine. 

 Keep it trained straight as it increases in growth, and 

 pinch out the points of the side branches as directed. 



Induce the plants to make good growth during the 

 summer and on till September or middle of October, 

 when they should be kept dry to induce the canes to 

 ripen thoroughly and produce fruit next season. 



6. Prune in February or March as directed at page 8 and 



provide an arbour or trellis to train them over. 



7. After pruning attend to watering and manuring as 



directed ; thin fiuit ; attend to disbudding, and train and 

 stop laterals and sub-laterals ; keep dry when fruit is 

 colouring or the berries will crack ; keep the roots as 

 dry as possible from end of September or beginning of 

 October to end of January when the plants should again 

 be pruned. 

 Information on Grape Vines may be found in the Bulletin of 

 the Botanical Department, and of the Department of Agriculture as 

 follows :— Grape Vines at Hope Gardens, 1895,219; 1897,285 

 1899, 198; Cradwick, Win, on, 1896, 121; 1897, 7, 145, 285 

 1899, 198; Cultivation, 38, (4); 1894, 55 J l%97, 145; 1898, 95 

 Disbudding and stopping, 41, (4); 1894, 55; 1898, 101 ; Diseases 

 and remedies, 1897, 37; 1899, 161 ; Grapes for United States 

 Markets, 1896, 123; Griffith, Rev. Win. on, 1898, 95; 1904, 51 ; 

 Manuring, 1898, 98; Persian, 1896 270 ; Planting young vines, 41 

 {3); 1896, 121 ; 1896. 146 ; 1898, 98; Propagation by cuttings, 4 

 (3); 1897,9; Pruning, 40 (6): 1897, 7, 147; 1898, 100 ; Seedless 

 Grapes, 1899, 139; Site for Vineyard, 1898, 97; Thinning fruit, 

 1897, 147; 1898, 107; Thompson, W. J. on, 38 (4); 40 (6); 41 (3 ); 

 1894, 55; Training, 1894, 55; l897, 146; 1898, 99; 1905, 6; 

 Treatment of neglected Vines, 38 (4) ; Variation in colour of 

 Grapes, 1902, 55 ; Varieties, with descriptions, 1894, 56 ; 1898, 95, 

 102; Watering, 41, (2); 1897, 147; 1898, 101, 102; 1903, 115. 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



EXTRACTS FROM MINUTES. 



The usual monthly meeting of the Board of Agriculture was 

 held at Headquarter House on 12th December; present: Hon. H. 

 Clarence Bourne, Colonial Secretary, Chairman, the Director of 



