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Every spring the vines should be pruned so as to leave a few main 

 stems along the wire. The stubs of side branches should be only a few 

 inches long. "With early spring a rapid new growth of branches forms 

 so as to give a clean perfectly green cover throughout the season. If 



Figure 7— Soft maple tree, trained with .straifflit central trunk, so it will not break down . 



woven wire is used so pruning can not be done, many of the inner 

 branches will be shaded off from year to year and the vines become 

 filled with dead and dying wood. 



