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the vines immediately after planting 

 and to adopt the method of summer 

 treatment described below for the 

 second year. 



In most cases it is best to allow all 

 the shoots to remain to feed the vine 

 and to insure a good root growth the 

 first year. 



Staking. In the autumn or winter fol- 

 lowing planting, the vines should be 

 staked, either before or after pruning, 

 but in any case some time before the 

 buds start in the spring. 



B 



It 



FIG. 3. Methods of pruning rooted vines. 



A. Rooted vine (bench graft) before pruning r, 



union. &S, stock suckers. CR, scion root. 



B. Rooted bench-graft pruned for planting. 



C. Rooted cutting pruned for planting. 



D. Rooted cutting pruned for planting with dibble. 



