TREATMENT OF A YOUNG VINEYARD. 47 



trimmed as in Fig. 12. The spurs should not be 

 shorter than six or eight inches, nor longer than twelve 

 inches. Our vintners are apt to trim so as to leave 

 too much bearing wood the first bearing year. Let all 

 remember the rule, which pervades almost every part 

 of vegetable, and even an[imal life, that the age to 

 which animals or vegetables attain, is governed by the 

 length of time in which they arrive at maturity. The 

 slower the early growth, the longer and healthier is 



Fig. 12. 



after life. Living too fast in early youth, is sure to 

 produce early old age. 



To trim the vine with "bows" this season, I regard 

 as a very pernicious policy no matter how thrifty the 

 vines may be. 



Nor can I recommend the common practice of plant- 

 ing cabbage, corn, or other impoverishing crops in 



