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by one season's cultivation in nursery rows. During this time 

 they should all be trained to a single shoot, kept upright by 

 staking; the young plants being cut down to two or three eyes 

 when set out, and the strongest only being allowed to grow, 

 rubbing off the others as soon as the young shoots are fairly 

 developed. Pinching off the tips 

 occasionally, after they have 

 reached four or five feet in 

 height, will render the shoot and 

 buds stronger, and the wood will 

 ripen better. 



TRANSPLANTING. This is ef- 

 fected most perfectly by making 

 a broad hole, and rounding up 

 the central portion of the bottom. 

 The stem being cut down to two 

 or three strong buds, and very 

 long roots clipped off, the plant 

 is placed with the centre on the 

 rounded surface of earth, and the 

 roots then spread out in every di- 

 rection, as shown in the following 

 figure (Fig. 552). The hole is 

 filled with finely pulverized earth, 

 which completes the transplant- 

 ing. 



The following is the usual 

 course for forming the plants into 

 bearing vines three years being 

 required for this purpose, if 



strong plants are used and good cultivation given. One or 

 two more years are, however, frequently required, if the 

 growth is not sufficiently vigorous : 



First Year. The plant having been cut down to two 

 or three eyes when set out, the strongest is trained to 

 a single shoot, the others being rubbed off. The tip should 

 be pinched off after growing several feet, to strengthen the 

 cane. 



Second Year. Last year's shoot being cut down to two or 

 three buds, or to a foot or more in height, the same course is 



