PRUNING THE VINE. 2a 
others adopt the long-spur with similar results. But 
the secret of success in both cases lies in the strength 
of the vines, and the management of them during the 
formation of the young wood the preceding summer. 
In some cases close cutting the spur or the young 
wood to one eye will, to some extent, prove a loss as 
regards fruit the following season. This will happen 
in cases where the vines are too thick, and where, 
during the previous summer, there was an insufficient 
supply of light and air for the young and early growth, 
and where the laterals were stopped too soon. The 
Fia. 10. Fig. 11. 
SECTION OF GRAPE VINES, WINTER AND SUMMER PRUNED. 
References to vines.—No. 10, alternate long-rod pruning. No. 11, long-spur pruning, 
aa; BB,rod short-spur pruning; cc, laterals that have borne fruit, to be cut at 
d; E, successional lateral to c, to he cut off at line / 
cause of failure in such cases arises from the imperfect 
development of the bud or eye. The long-spur method 
is attended with more certainty as regards the crop, 
from the fact that under all circumstances the second 
and third eyes from the base of the last year’s growth 
are the proper fruit buds; and while the base-bud will 
give fruit, the others will give finer and a greater num- 
ber of bunches to each eye. 
