THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Second Year. 



The next sprimg — usually in March 

 — the vine should be cut back to two 

 or three buds. After the shoots get 

 fairly started two of the strongest may 

 be selected, and all the others rubbed 

 off. As the growing shoots lengthen, 

 they should be tied to the stake, and 

 treated precisely as in the preceding 

 summer. 



During the summer, preparations 

 should be made for permanently staking 

 and trellising the vineyard. And here 

 we come to a point upon which there is 

 great diversity of opinion and practice, 

 — I mean 

 the method 

 of training. 

 There is not 

 space enough 

 in these hints 

 to describe 

 the various 

 methods that 

 have been re- 

 commended. 



I will de- 

 scribe the two 

 methods most 

 successful in 

 our climate, 

 and my read- 

 ers can choose 

 the one most 

 convenient for 

 them to adopt. 

 At the end 

 of the second 

 year the vine 

 will have the 

 ap p earance 

 shewn in Fig. 

 No. 2. Now, 

 if the trellis 

 system be 

 ^ „ . adopted in the 



Figure No. «. • f ^V, 



HNE TWO YEABS TRAM3PLANTED. SpriUg Ot tlie 



Third Year 



these two canes should be stretched 

 horizontally in opposite directions, and 

 fastened in that position by being tied 

 to the lowest wire or horizontal bar of 

 the trellis. The vine will then have 

 the appearance shewn in Figure No. 3. 



When the buds start into growth the 

 shoots should be trained upwards, per- 

 pendicular to these arms at a distance 

 of about six inches apart, and all other 

 shoots nibbed off. 



Some difficulty may be experienced 

 in making the eyes nearest to the vine 



