CHAPTEE VII. 



TRAIOTNG THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH YEARS. 



Third Tear. We will suppose that the vines 

 have been wintered as heretofore directed, and 

 proceed with the training for the third year. 

 The upper eyes on the arms in Fig. 27 will each 

 produce a cane, as indicated by the dotted lines, 

 and each cane will set two or three bunches 

 of fruit. Just here it becomes necessary to 

 decide how many bunches shall be left to ma 

 ture. The temptation to leave all is very great, 

 and it is often done, to the great and perma 

 nent injury of the vine ; in this way, indeed, it 

 is sometimes tasked so much beyond its power, 

 that the fruit not only fails to ripen, but the 

 leaves fall off prematurely, the roots and wood 

 in consequence fail to ripen, and the vine often 

 dies, or is winter killed. It is not necessary 

 here to state the physiology of the case, or to 

 present an array of reasons ; it will be suffi 

 cient to say, that, as a rule, not niore than one 



