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fied sense, and a medium observed in the man- 

 agement of such young plants. 



A moment's further consideration of the sub- 

 ject. Whenever it shall occur that the plants of 

 two years be found without the usual force of 

 that age, they should be pruned exactly like the 

 plant of a single year's growth, and but one 

 branch left to the vine. But should the vigne- 

 ron determine on leaving two branches, he must, 

 in the indulgence of such wayward fancy, prune 

 extremely short, because in thus pruning, the 

 vine pushes additional roots, and is thereby 

 enabled to support the additional vegetation of 

 the extra branch. The vine, moreover, is invi- 

 gorated and strengthened, and will acquire a 

 deeper establishment in the soil, and be better 

 qualified for an active and beneficial vegetation 

 the succeeding season. To the young provins 

 of three years, it is usual to leave three shoots in 

 the pruning, but where such plant beat all feeble, 

 it is judicious to allow but two, and in some 

 cases but one; and in all such instances the prun- 

 ing should be short, as in the provins of one 

 year it may not be amiss to mention here the 

 experience of some of our skilful vine dressers on 

 the spring pruning. In the performance of this 

 work, it is frequently found, that between two 

 old branches, (by which it is to be understood 

 those of the year immediately preceding the 

 growth of the last season) a fine young branch is 

 found. This occurs generally in the young vine 

 of three or four years growth. Such branch 

 possesses a fine vigorous appearance, and to an 



