CULTIVATION OP THE VINE. 145 



The quality of the wine is injured, the vine 

 giving a smaller quantity of fruit, not merely 

 because the grapes do not ripen fully, but be- 

 cause they do not attain the natural size. Here, 

 however, let me observe that all the different va- 

 rieties of the vine do not require the same method 

 of pruning. The more delicate kinds, for ex- 

 ample, should not be the first pruned, nor should 

 they be allowed to bear too abundant a crop. 

 Those of an ordinary kind, such as the small and 

 large " Rougeasse" should be the last to be 

 pruned, and on these, instead of leaving four 

 branches, five or six to each trunk may be safely 

 left, the branches thus pruned being raised, and 

 as soon as the work of the vineyard shall permit, 

 securely attached to the supporting stake, which 

 must be done before the swelling of the button, 

 or bud; the ligature to be preferred for the 

 purpose is the bass matting, or should not these 

 be attainable, the slender twigs of the ozier, or 

 yellow willow, usually found here in abundance. 



ARTICLE V. 



Transport of the earth or soil. 



THERE are some vine dressers, even in the 

 district of La Vaux, (where, without any doubt, 

 the vines of our Canton have attained their great- 



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