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vary according to the size of the berries of each sort ; such varieties as 

 the Royal Muscadine do not require to be so severely treated. It 

 seems to the uninitiated a great sacrifice to cut away so many, the 



Fig. 25. SMALL CLUSTER OF GRAPES AFTER THINNING. 



thinned bunch appearing quite a skeleton; but when it is remem- 

 bered that each berry, when fully grown, should be nearly one inch 

 in diameter (oftentimes more), it is plain that to leave more than there 



