WHEN TO PRUNE GRAPES 



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this point, the treatment of the vine is discussed 

 under Training (Chapter VIII.). 



WHEN TO PRUNE. Grape vines may be pruned 

 at any time during the winter. It is the practice 



263. A newly-planted vineyard, 



among most grape -growers in the North to prune 

 as time permits from November to late in Feb- 

 ruary, or even early in March. The sap flows 

 very freely from cuts made in spring and early 

 summer, causing the phenomenon known as 

 "bleeding," or in Europe as "weeping," and in 

 order to prevent this loss, pruning is stopped six 



