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VINE PRUNING. 



By Joseph Perraud, trandated hy Raymond Dubois and 

 W. P. Wilkinson. 



{Continned from page 606.) 



V. — Pruning in Beaujolais. 



In Beaujolais vines are trained low, after the gooseberry bush, 

 fashion, carrying three or four arms, also called "horns." These 

 horns generally carry one spur of two eyes (Fig. 39). The plants 

 are usually supported by stakes during the first years (Fig. 38), 

 but when they attain the age of eight or ten years the stakes are 



Fig. 38. 

 Vine of Beaujolais before pruning. 



Fig. 39. 



The same after pruning 



(after Foex.) 



removed, the vines being strong enough to support themselves. They 

 are often fastened two or three together (Fig. 4U). This is not an 

 advisable system for rainy andV'old climates, for the grapes, buried 



Fig. 40. — Old vines fastened together (after Foex). 



under a mass of leaves and deprived of air and sun, do not ripen easily 

 and are liable to non-setting and rot. Since the reconstitution of 



