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it is to some extent tentative and provisional. 

 Many of the varieties have proved successful in 

 certain soils and locations when pruned in the 

 way indicated, but others have never, so far as 

 we know, been tested in the way proposed. As 

 these latter, however, have proved more or less 

 unsuccessful under the common methods of treat- 

 ment, the method proposed is the one which 

 seems most suitable to their habit and general 

 characters. It seems probable that the tendency 

 to coulure of some varieties, such as the Muscat, 

 Malbeck, Merlot, Clairette, etc., can be corn- 

 batted to a great extent by appropriate methods 

 of pruning and training. Unevenness of ripen- 

 ing and liability to sunburn of Tokay, Zinfandel, 

 etc., can doubtless be controlled by the same 

 means. 



Very few varieties succeed under strictly short- 

 pruning, that is, cutting back to one and two 

 eyes, so that for most of the varieties in the 

 first category, the modification of short -pruning 

 which gives fruit -spurs of three or four eyes 

 and wood -spurs of one eye is recommended. 



TYPE I. Charbono, Cinsaut, Mataro, Carig- 

 nane, Grenache, Petit and Alicante Bouschet, 

 Aramon, Mourastel, Verdal, Ugni-blanc, Folle- 

 blanche, Burger, Zinfandel, Griiner Velteliner, 

 Peverella, Zierfahndler (?), Rother Steinschiller 

 (on poor soils), Slankamenka, Green Hungarian 

 (on poor soils), Blue Portuguese (on poor soils), 



