PRUNING THE VINE. 



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others adopt the long-spur with similar results. But 

 the secret of success in both cases lies in the strength 

 of the vines, and the management of them during the 

 formation of the young wood the preceding summer. 



In some cases close cutting the spur or the young 

 wood to one eye will, to some extent, prove a loss as 

 regards fruit the following season. This will happen 

 in cases where the vines are too thick, and where, 

 during the previous summer, there was an insufficient 

 supply of light and air for the young and early growth, 

 and where the laterals were stopped too soon. The 



FIG. 10. FIG. 11. 



SECTION OF GRAPE VINES, WINTER AND SUMMER PRUNED. 



References to vines. No. 10, alternate long-rod pruning. No. 11, long-spur pruning, 

 a a ; B B, rod short-spur pruning ; c c, laterals that have borne fruit, to be cut at 

 d ; E, successioual lateral to c , to be cut off at line /. 



cause of failure in such cases arises from the imperfect 

 development of the bud or eye. The long-spur method 

 is attended with more certainty as regards the crop, 

 from the fact that under all circumstances the second 

 and third eyes from the base of the last year's growth 

 are the proper fruit buds ; and while the base-bud will 

 give fruit, the others will give finer and a greater num- 

 ber of bunches to each eye. 



