826 PRUNING THE VINE. 



shoots should be directed properly, and the winter 

 pruning should not be performed until all danger 

 of cold weather is past. When it has attained the 

 height which we desire (not more than fifteen feet), 

 the pruning should be done in a way to check its 

 luxuriance. Root-pruning will accomplish this, 

 but a more mild operation may be attempted first, 

 and the former used as the next resort. This tree 

 jDushes its buds with great force in the spring, 

 and expends considerable strength in the process. 

 Therefore if pruning is done after the buds have 

 well swollen, we shall probably arrest its undue 

 vigor. The morcllo varieties bear fruit upon the 

 wood of the previous season, and regard should be 

 had to a constant supply of young wood, and that 

 which has produced should be cut out. 



The Vine. Totally different from that of any of 

 the plants to which we have referred is the pruning 

 of the vine. It produces its fruit on wood of the 

 same season's growth, and its vigor is therefore to 

 be encouraged. As the size and quality of the 

 bunch and berry are influenced considerably by the 

 strength of the cane, it is evident that, for constant 

 fruitfulness, a succession of young wood must be 

 secured. Almost as many methods of training the 

 vine have been recommended as men who grow it, 

 each having advantages, yet all being similar in the 

 endeavor to keep the trellis covered with bearing wood. 



