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highly approved by some others who 

 have tried his method. You would do 

 well to call upon Mr. Fuller and see 

 his trellis. Mr. Alfred Wagar, of 

 Napaiiee, Lennox County, makes his 

 trellis eighteen inches from the ground 

 at the vines, sloping back to about three 

 feet from the ground at the top. Mr. 

 Fuller does not find it necessary to 

 cover his vines in winter which are 

 trained on the slanting trellis. We 

 have never tried any other than the 

 upright trellis. 



At the end of the second season your 

 vine will have the appearance indicated 

 by Fig. 2. 



In the fall you will again untie your 

 vines, and laying them on the ground 

 cover them with a little earth. 



THIRD SEASON. 



In the spring of the third season, 

 your trellis being ready, uncover your 

 canes, shorten them in to about three 

 feet in length, and stretch them in op- 

 posite directions upon your lowest wire 

 or bar, in the manner shewn in Fig. 3. 



Fig. 3. — Vine in. the spring of the third year with arms extended. 



When the buds start allow only those 

 on the upper side, at a distance of about 

 eight inches apart, to grow, rubbing off 

 all others. You may find that the buds 

 nearest to the stock do not push vigor- 

 ously. This can be overcome by fasten- 

 ing the points of the arms to the ground 



for a while, until the buds near the 

 stock have got well started. You will 

 tie these growing canes to your trellis 

 as they progress, and when they have 

 grown to the length of about five feet 

 you will pinch off the end. which gar- 

 deners call "stopping." These canes 



Fio. ^. — Vine in the autumn of third year. 



will bear fruit this year, and in the 

 autumn your vines will look something 

 like the one shewn at Fig. 4. 



In the autumn of this year, after the 

 leaves have fallen, you may cut back to 

 one bud all the canes of this season's 



