The Canadian llorticiilinnst. 



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primer slioiihi stmly the natural apart when heavil)- laden with fruit. 



f^rowth of the tree and prune to favor 

 tfiat ; thus the Spy and the Ranilio 



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are upright growers, and with 

 them one leading branch should 

 be encouraged in the centre, and side 

 branches at suitable intervals. The 

 Greening and the Roxbury Russet 

 have spreading heads, and hence 

 should have several main branches 

 so trained as not to interfere with 

 each other. 



I'Ki'NiNc; THK vim:. 

 In the home garden, where the 

 vine is needed to cover a verandah, 

 an arbor, or to screen the sides of an 

 old building, the shears may be 

 sparingly used; but in the commer- 

 cial vineyard it is almost impossible 

 to succeed without them, because by 

 intelligent pruning far more fruit is 

 produced to the acre, and that both 



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But of all barbarisms, that of cut- earlier in ripening and of a better 



ting out the leading branches in the quality. 



centre of a tree, should be avoided. The most pleasant time for this 



for numerous sprouts will spring work is in the fall, after the fall of 



up, decay will ensue from the the leaf, or in mihl days in winter ; 



large wound, and, worse than all, the but many growers wait until March, 



tree will in time be apt to split a month of chilly winds and muddy 



