72 THE BOOK OF THE GRAPE 



one or four buds from the main rod, in order to secure 

 extra fine bunches of any one variety of grape, cut- 

 ting out any buds intervening between the bud cut 

 back to and the one close to the main stem, the latter 

 being allowed to push into growth and afterwards 



MODE OF STOPPING LATERAL SHOOT 



stopped at two or three joints, the sub-laterals being kept 

 persistently pinched. At pruning time the short lengths 

 of the previous year's wood selected for the above- 

 mentioned purpose should be cut hard back to the 

 current year's growth, which in turn should be pruned 

 back to within one bud of its origin selecting, at the 



