CAEE OF THE VINFS DUEING THE SECOND TEAE. 99 



If the plants have made but a weakly, stunted 

 growth, it will be necessary to allow them another 

 year before proceeding to grow shoots for permanent 

 arms or branches. In this case but one shoot should 

 be trained up, which may be treated precisely as 

 directed for the first year. But if a cane of from 6 

 to 12 feet has been produced, we may safely proceed 

 to train up two canes which will serve for the future 

 arms of our vine. To do this, after cutting down the 

 first year's shoot as directed, remove all the buds 

 except the three uppermost, and as soon as these are 

 beyond danger of accident, rub off one if three 



Fig. 14. 



should still remain. The two shoots which are leffc- 

 mnst be carefully trained up, the laterals being- 



