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the wall or fence, at from eighteen to twenty-four inches 

 from the ground, pinching the point out of the leading 

 (upright) stems, to throw strength into the shoots which 

 are being trained right and left in a horizontal position. 

 Stop these at three feet in the manner described under the 

 heading of " Treatment of Vines, First Year," training 

 the young shoots resulting from these stoppings in an 

 upright direction at five feet from the main stem, again 

 stopping the young leaders at three feet from the main 

 (horizontal) stem, and pinching all lateral growths or 

 side shoots hard back to one joint from the point whence 

 they start. At pruning time, shorten back the two main 

 canes to within one foot of the vertical and horizontal 

 curve that point from which the shoots are trained in 

 an upright position cutting the wood spurs as well as 

 the original central shoot back to the prominent buds at 

 their bases. 



When the vines push into growth towards the end of 

 March or early in April, train four intermediate shoots 

 in an upright position at two feet apart, afterwards 

 stopping them as previously advised, and training the 

 side shoots or fruiting growths at fifteen inches on the 

 main rods, the laterals on one side of each main rod 

 being retained anglewise to those on the other side. 

 This, as stated under the heading of " Disbudding and 

 Stopping," will afford more space to the developing 

 growths than would be obtained had they been left 

 opposite to each other on the individual canes. Crop 

 lightly rather than the reverse in all cases of vine 

 growing. 



Vines may be fruited fairly well if planted in rows 

 three to four feet apart and at two feet asunder in the 

 rows in good, rich, loamy soil sloping southward or in 

 a south-westerly direction, and sheltered from the north 

 and east winds by a belt of trees or high hedge, the 

 vines being trainee} to four lines of No. lo galvanised 



