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from extending too far. In the autiram of this year, after 

 the leaves have fallen, the vine will have the appearance shown 

 in Figure 44. 



In the spring of the fourth year, each of these upright canes 

 may be cut back to two eyes, and two canes be allowed to grow. 

 These may now each bear two or three bunches of grapes, accord- 

 ing to the strength of the vine, and be treated in all respects 

 as the upright canes were during the last summer. In the 

 autumn of the fourth year the vine "vvill have the appearance 

 shown in Figure 45. 



Fig. 45. 



In the spring of the fifth and all subsequent years the npper 

 of the two canes should be cut away entirely, and the lower cane 

 shortened in to two eyes, which may be allowed to grow and 

 form two canes as before, and each cane be allowed to bear three 

 clusters of grapes. This completes the system, and the further 

 pruning consists in annually cutting off the upper one of the two 

 canes and shortening the lower cane to two eyes. 



The HOBIZONTAL MODE of tra inin g the vine, or, as it is sometimes 

 called, the arbor system, consists in training the vine at first 

 upright to the desired height, and then allowing it to run hori- 

 zontally. There is no doubt this conforms more nearly to the 

 natural habit of the vine, which grows perpendicularly for z 



