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The summer management of vines must be care- 

 fully attended to. As soon as the young shoots can 

 be nailed to the wall, let them not be neglected ; but 

 remember they are very tender, and will not bear 

 much bending : train in only the well-placed shoots, 

 rubbing or breaking off the others. The embryo 

 fruit is soon seen in the bosom of the shoot, and 

 those thus furnished are of course to be laid in, as 

 many as can be found room for, in preference to 

 those shoots that are barren, which nevertheless, 

 should also be trained, if they are strong and weft 

 placed, and there is space for them. Rub off all 

 shoots from old wood, except any tolerable one that 

 proceeds from a part where wood is wanting to fill 

 up some vacant space. If two shoots proceed from 

 one eye, displace the weakest, or the outermost, if 

 they are both alike, and the fruit should not direct 

 otherwise. Vines grow rapidly, and must be nailed 

 to the wall, from time to time, as they proceed, that 

 there may be no rude dangling, which would not 

 only have a slovenly appearance, but in several re^ 

 spects be injurious. 



The stopping of the shoots is to take place, both as 

 to time and measure, according to the strength and 

 situation of them, or whether fruitful or barren. 

 Those weak shoots that have fruit, and are rather ill 

 placed, or confined for room, may be stopped at the 

 second, or even first joint above the fruit, early in 

 the summer; but those shoots that are strong and 

 have room to grow, should not be stopped till they 

 are in flower, (in July) and at the third or fourth 

 joint above the fruit. In shortening the shoots of 

 the vine, do it about half an inch above an eye, 

 sloping behind a plump and sound one. The barren 

 shoots are to be trained at full length, and not stop- 

 ped at all, if there is room for them, or, at least, 



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