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at which time cut away all the wood down to this first 
shoot, which latter must be cut to three eyes, rubbing 
out the second as before, and so on from year to year. 
The truth is, it would require several pages to explain 
this matter fully, but I have no time for it: In the 
case of the trellis, what gardeners call cane-pruning is 
the best. Select as many shoots as are wanted, and 
cut out all the rest; these shoots are then shortened 
in to the first good eye; but if this should leave them 
too long, they must be cut to the desired length. I 
regret that I have not time to explain this fully; but 
the principle is, to get rid of last year’s bearing-wood, 
_ and keep the new wood as near to the body as pos- 
sible. The grape border must be manured, spaded, 
and cultivated with as much care as you would bestow 
on a crop of corn. A summer pruning is also neces- 
sary, which consists in thinning out the superfluous 
growth, and pinching in the laterals. The leaves of 
the grape vine must in no case be removed. The best 
time to prune is the fall and early winter. 
The best grapes for this latitude are the Isabella, 
Catawba, and Early Black, or Madeira; the latter only 
for the garden; the Charter Oak, Royal Muscadine, (a 
synonym,) and others of that class, are worthless hum- 
bugs. The Diana is a small, sweet, and rather plea- 
sant grape, and desirable for localities where the 
Tsabella will not ripen. The Clinton and some others, 
which are well spoken of, I have had no opportunity 
of testing; and I have seen the fruit of many seed- 
lings, which deserve no further mention, with the ex- 
ception of a white variety, with the Catawba flavor, 
