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to within two buds of the base. This is drastic treatment, but 

 it is the correct procedure. If the two buds grow, only one 

 is allowed to develop ; if neither shows fruit, the stronger of 

 the two is retained. The shoots will make quick progress 

 as the summer advances, and in due course their points must 

 be pinched off ; those bearing a bunch of Grapes are " stopped " 

 at one joint beyond the bunch, those bearing no fruit are 

 " stopped " when they have grown about 12 inches in length 

 In due course, further shoots, termed sublaterals, will form: 

 they must be " stopped " as soon as they have formed one 

 joint, and any further shoots that form must be treated simi- 

 larly. The object is to prevent the trellis becoming crowded 

 with secondary shoots, so that the primary growths may have 

 room for full development. All weakly shoots that continue to 

 form as the summer advances ought to be cut out or " stopped " 

 as soon as one leaf has formed. 



If this work is attended to frequently the small shoots 

 can be removed as soon as they develop ; but if it is neglected 

 there will be a good deal of foliage to remove, and to do this 

 on one occasion is harmful. By cutting out the small shoots 

 as soon as they have formed growth suffers no check, as 

 would be likely to happen if much foliage were removed at 

 one time. 



In autumn, after the fruit is gathered, the laterals those 

 that have produced the Grapes may with advantage be short- 

 ened by half ; this has the effect of assisting the development 

 of the buds at the base of the shoots. In January the shortened 

 shoots are hard pruned, one or two buds only being left, and 

 in spring only one shoot on each lateral is left to grow. 



General Hints. If the Vine is in an unheated greenhouse 

 it will commence to grow in March. Throughout the winter and 

 until growth begins the vinery ought to be aired freely, the 

 ventilators being left open night and day. If tender plants 

 are grown there, this treatment cannot, of course, be given, and 

 the Vine will suffer correspondingly. It is of real importance 

 that the Vine be kept quite cool during winter, and the ventilators 

 may be left open always, except during frost. The amateur 

 should aim at maintaining a regular temperature in the vinery, 

 in spring, say, from 45 to 50 at night, with a corresponding 

 rise during the day. When the thermometer registers 55 a 

 little air ought to be admitted by the top ventilators, and U 



