100 AMERICAN GRAPE CULTURE. 



After what has been said above, the manner 

 of doing this will be easily understood. There 

 is no difference in the plan up to the third 

 year, when the cane is laid down for the arm. 

 The spur is already pruned to two buds. 

 The portion of arm laid down, however, should 

 be only about fourteen inches long, or about 

 one third the length of the arm when complete. 

 Let us first look after the renewal spur. If the 

 base buds break nicely, select two of them in 

 preference to the buds left above them, which 

 should then be rubbed off. The object is to 

 get the spur as close as possible to the stock. 

 The arm is treated as follows : the cane from 

 the end bud is to be grown at an angle for the 

 extension of the arm, and should be pinched 

 when about four feet long. The canes from the 

 other buds must be grown upright, and may 

 carry one bunch of fruit each. When these 

 canes are about two feet long, pinch out the 

 end, and otherwise treat them as directed when 

 growing horizontal arms. The thallons must 

 have proper attention, and at the right time. 

 The treatment here, indeed, is just the same as 

 was given for fruit canes on a former page, and 

 we may therefore pass on to the end of the sea 

 son, and explain how the vine is to be pruned. 



