THB CANADIAN H0BTI0ULTDBI8T. 



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ter in hand. 



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We will suppose that the 

 vines received from 

 the nurseryman 

 have been properly 

 planted in suitable 

 soil, and are ready 

 to stai-t into growth. 

 The first thing that 

 will require atten- 

 tion as the buds be- 

 gin to start will be 

 to make selection of 

 that one which pro- 

 mises to make a 

 vigorous growth, 

 giving the prefer- 

 ence, if there be 

 several, to the one 

 nearest the ground. 

 Rub off all the rest 

 and allow only this 

 one to grow. A 

 small stake, say a 

 strip of lath, should 

 be thrust into the 

 ground at each vine, 

 and the growing 

 cane carefully tied 

 to it as it advances. 

 This will be the 

 Pio. 1.— Vine at the close pruning and train- 



of the first season. -^^^ f^^, ^^le first 



summer. At the close of this season 

 the grape vine will have the appearance 

 shewn in Fig. 1. 



After the leaves have fallen in the 

 lutumn untie the cane from its sup- 



>rt, lay it upon the ground and cover 

 It lightly with earth. Or you may cut 

 it back to two good, plump buds, and 



>ver the stump with a little mound of 



ii-th. 



SECOND SEASON. 



In the spring, if the cane was not 



ut back in the previous autumn, it 



lould be cut back, leaving only two 



)od buds near the ground. From 



these buds train up two shoots, tying 



them to the stake as they grow, pre- 



cisely as during the first summer, only 

 that you have two canes now instead of 

 one, rubbing off all other buds that 

 may start into growth. 



During this season you will make 

 preparations for putting up your trellis ; 

 a post at each end of the row of grape 

 vines, posts between at least two feet 

 in the ground and five feet above, and 

 set from sixteen to eighteen feet apart. 

 Three wires will be sufficient, the lowest 

 at eighteen inches from the ground, the 

 others eighteen inches apart, thus bring- 

 ing the upper wire about four and a 

 half feet from the ground. Number 

 twelve anneal- 

 ed galvanized 

 wire will be 

 found to be 

 strong enough 

 The end posts 

 should be well 

 braced on the 

 side towards 

 the vines so 

 that they will 

 not be pulled 

 over by the 

 wires. The 

 wires should 

 be fastened 

 tight at each 

 post by staples 

 driven tightly 

 over them into 

 the wood. In- 

 stead of wires 

 you can use 

 strips of wood 

 if more con- 

 venient. Mr. 

 Fuller, of your 

 place, recom- 

 mends a slant- 

 ing trellis in- 

 stead of an 

 upright, as 

 more suitable 

 in your climate ; and his plan is very 



Fio. 2. 



-Vine at the end of the 

 second season. 



