44: THE vine-dresser's manual. 



have grown. The branches and roots are to be cut 

 where marked- 

 Fig. 9 represents the vine after trimming. 

 The sprouts which grow during the second year need 

 not be tied to stakes but left to be moved freely by the 

 winds, as this tends to strengthen the entire vine. Yery 

 few of such sprouts are ever blown off. 



During this summer the vineyard is hoed twice. 

 Good vintners recommend pinching off the ends of 

 the sprouts after they have grown to the length of 

 twelve or fifteen inches. 



There is no doubt that this promotes the growth and 

 ripening of the small wood, and it is also likely that 

 thereby the more thrifty vines will bear a few grapes 

 the season following ; but this practice is a hurrying 

 process^ which may be adopted where the vines are very 

 forward, but had better, as a general thing, be avoided. 

 From the foot of each leaf stalk grow, during the sum- 

 mer, latteral shoots, which should be pinched off after 

 they form three leaves just beyond the second leaf, dur- 

 ing this and subsequent years, as directed in the part 

 relating to summer pruning. - 



Just as bad is the practice to trim the vine during 

 the second summer, with a view to make one or two 

 sprouts grow into long branches for bearing wood for 

 the year following. I would say to all, don't hurry 

 your vines, if you want them to last well. 



