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the summer. In the fall the vines should be pruned by cutting these 

 mew shoots off an inch above the second bud from the base. This will 

 leave spurs of two buds from six to ten inches apart. As the vine 

 does not yet cover the entire space on the trellis, it should be ex- 

 tended to do so another year, and a strong shoot should be selected 

 growing near the end of the vine and pruned long enough to reach to 

 the next vine. 



In covering the vine this season a little dirt should be taken from 

 under the base of the vine on the side towards which it is to be bent 

 down and a little ditch made about two inches deep the full length of 

 the vine in which it can be laid. It should then be covered and 

 plowed the same as before. Considerable labor can be saved in cov- 

 ering by putting earth enough on the vines with a spade to hold them 

 down, and then throwing a furrow with a large plow, having a long 

 mouldboard, upon the row from each side, being careful not to go 

 deep enough to cut the roots. 



Plowing spring and fall as di- jj] 

 rected with a light plow prevents 

 the accumulation of roots near 

 the surface, which is in many 

 ways a great benefit to the vines. 

 Fig. 3 shows the vine after it has 

 been pruned at the end of the 

 third year. The vine may ripen 

 three or four pounds of fruit this 

 year, but beware of overloading. 



Fig. 4. 



FOURTH TEAR. 



Before the vines are taken out this year the trellis should be exam- 

 amined, and the wires tightened. The vines should be tied the same 

 as the year before, extending the vine to fill the trellis to the next 

 vine, by tying to the lower wire the cane pruned the fall before for 

 that purpose. In thinning this year two shoots should be left on each 

 spur, selecting the strongest. All the rest should be broken off, and 

 the new cane that was left to extend the vine should be thinned the 

 same as per directions for the year before. When long enough the 

 new shoots should be tied to the wire, and the laterals pinched off, and 

 this should be continued throughout the growing season. The vines 

 should not be neglected till they have grown long, but should be tied 

 up and the laterals pinched as soon as they have grown enough to do 

 80, as it is injurious to the vine to take off a large amount of foliage 



