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soon show the ill effects in the lessened quantity of 
fruit produced. 
One last hint as to pruning: If you are at 
all timid about the work, there is one thing 
you can make no mistake in, and that is in remov- 
ing all dead flower spikes from flowering vines 
immediately after the flowers are spent; but 
remember, above all, that a little judgment is of 
more benefit to the plants than all the pruning 
shears that ever were manufactured. Use your 
judgment and you will save a lot of work and 
expense. Size up the vine well before you start 
to prune it. If it is a flowering vine find out 
when it flowers — whether on new wood, or wood 
formed the previous season. Study the require- 
ments of the different vines; do not think they all 
require the same treatment because they are vines, 
as there are as many distinct types in the vine fam- 
ily as in any other group of plants. In the manage- 
ment of vines, be patient and yet consistent in 
your work; if you start out to accomplish an 
object, don’t give up until you have succeeded. 
As previously mentioned, the different methods 
of climbing illustrated by various vines, involve 
some details of management. With vines of 
the rootlet type there is very little trouble, as 
they can ascend almost any object; but with the 
