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The vine may now be buried 

 as directed for the previous year, 

 and it will be found convenient 

 to take out a little earth close to 

 the vine on the side where it is to be bent. 



As the vine gets older and stifiFer, in laying it down for winter it 

 will be found to bend easier and more safely below the ground, which 

 the removal of this earth will permit. 



The following, or third spring 

 the trellis should be built on 

 which the vine is to be trained. 

 In my experience I have found 

 posts set twelve feet apart, suffi- 

 ciently near to sustain the weight 

 of the mature vine. If the rows 

 do not exceed 125 feet the posts 

 will need no bracing. Use four wires. No, 12 galvanized iron, the 

 lowest one about 10 inches from the ground, and those above about 10 

 inches apart. They should be fastened with staples driven in so as to 

 allow the wires free play. The wire should be fastened securely about 

 one of the end posts, passing through the other end post, and drawn 

 snug every spring by the use of small rollers and pins. Along the 

 lower wire of this trellis the vine is to be tied. 

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If the vine has wintered well, two shoots will grow from nearly 

 every bud. These should be thinned out when they have made a 

 growth of two or three inches, leaving the strongest shoots at a dis- 

 tance of about ten inches apart. These shoots must be tied to the 

 wires as they grow, and pinched oS at the end when they have reached 

 the top wire. This pinching will check the growth a little, and should 

 be repeated when they commence to grow again, and so on, leaving 

 one new leaf to grow at each pinching. The laterals, heretofore de- 

 scribed, should be pinched off just beyond the first leaf, and when 

 they start to grow again pinch a second time leaving another leaf, and 

 so on during the growing season. If the vine is thrifty it will bear 

 this year several pounds of fruit. As soon as convenient after gather- 



