AMERICAN WILD VINE. 
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sut back to as many buds as may be deemed necessary to produce the quantity 
)f fruit which the vine can mature the next year, and let those marked 2 and 3, 
)e cut back to the three lowermost bads. The lateral shoots, as also the stumps 
>f the tendrils, should be cut out as directed in the preceding year. Let the 
oose and decayed bark be rubbed or scraped off, and the shoots fastened to the 
vail or trellis, to protect them during the winter. 
SIXTH YEAR. 
Commence early in March, and treat the ground in every respect, during the 
eason, as in the preceding year, taking care to. incorporate all the leaves or clip- 
tings of the vines with the earth about the roots. Early in May, or as soon as 
he shoots numbered 2 and 3, have grown a sufficient length, fasten them care- 
ully to the wall or trellis, and let them grow until the first of July. Then cut 
mt the weakest of the three young shoots, and treat the two remaining ones (as 
ndicated in the adjoining . 
igure) precisely as those 
Lumbered 1 and 4 were the 
r ear preceding, due care 
leing observed to deprive 
ill the shoots of any super- 
luous fruit or leaves which 
nay put forth. In October, 
oon after the fruit is gath- 
:red from the shoots num- 
>ered 1 and 4, cut them 
lown to the three lower- 
nost buds, thus reserving 
>ne to spare in case of ac- 
ident, in order to produce 
louble shoots the following 
rear. No further treat- 
nent will be required than 
ubbing or scraping off all 
oose and decayed bark 
rom the vines, until the 
lext spring. 
SEVENTH YEAR AND SUBSEQUENT TREATMENT. 
Commence early in the month of March, and treat the ground throughout the 
season as directed for the preceding year. Early in May, or as soon as the 
ihoots numbered 1 and 4 have attained a sufficient length, carefully fasten them 
o the wall or trellis, and let them grow until the first of July. Then cut out 
he weakest of the three young shoots, and treat the two remaining ones (indi- 
cated by 1 and 4 in the annexed figure) in every respect as those numbered 2 
ind 3 were the year before. By the end of the seventh year, if the plant belongs 
;o a vineyard, in which the vines are grown at the distance of six feet apart, it 
ivill have acquired a sufficient number of leading shoots to bear fruit in abun- 
lance ; but if it be an isolated vine, the horizontal branches may be allowed to 
extend themselves, and a pair of new shoots added each year, as long as the 
fertility of the soil and the nature of the situation may require it. During 
wery subsequent year, the treatment of the ground during spring and summer 
should be the same as in the two seasons preceding. Early in September, the 
