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from planting, and our two-years-old vines produced about 

 forty bunches of grapes each. At the end of the season the 

 bearing canes are to be cut back to two buds, the arms and 

 stock cut loose from the trellis, laid down, and the arms cov- 

 ered with earth. The two buds are allowed to grow next 

 season, producing two canes, bearing three bunches each. 

 Our vines are now complete, each one having from twenty- 

 four to twenty-eight canes, and bearing from seventy-two to 

 eighty-four bunches of fruit. To prune for next season, cut 

 the spur off just below the base of the upper cane, and the 

 lower cane back to two buds. 



For two tier of arms, plant as No. 1, giving the vines same 

 treatment as for one tier, with the following exceptions : 

 They are to be planted four feet apart in the row, and if more 

 than one row is contemplated, the rows should be seven or 

 eight feet apart; and, instead of cutting all the first canes 

 produced, back to fifteen inches, every alternate one is left 

 three feet long, the two upper buds of which are to produce 

 canes for the upper tier of arms. The posts of the trellis 

 should be set six inches deeper, and stand eighteen inches 

 higher above ground, with a third bar at the top. 



If the intention is to cover a trellis eight or ten feet high, 

 on the side of a building, with foliage and fruit, the vines 

 should be planted two feet apart in the row, and far enough 

 in advance to allow at least six inches between the trellis and 

 building. But why plant so many vines, when one will cover 

 the side of a building ? We will answer that question 

 presently. Commence by planting No. 1 in front of the post 

 at one end of the trellis, which we will suppose is twenty feet 

 long, with five bars, and to be occupied by ten vines, to be 

 treated as those previously described, until the first strong 

 canes are produced, when numbers 1, 5, and 9 are to be cut 

 back to twelve or fourteen inches, and numbers 4 and 8 to 

 three feet. Only the two upper buds of these are allowed to 

 grow next season, to produce canes for the two lower tiers of 



