SUBSEQUENT MANAGEMENT OF THE VINES. 



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been trained to tlie top of the trellis, b tlie shoot 

 which was stopped when two to four feet long. Just 

 before laying down the vine for winter protection, a 

 is cut to about a length of 4 feet, and b is cut away 

 at the cross-line, or just above the first good bud. 



As the force with which the buds push, depends a 

 good deal upon their number relatively to the size of 

 the vine, it is absolutely necessary to cut off a to 4 

 feet or less, and rub out several of the buds which 

 appear on it. If, in addition to this, all other buds 

 except one from each of the spurs, b, be removed, we 

 could scarcely fail to train up a good cane from b, 

 even though none but latent buds were left. 



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Fig. 21. 



Next season the figure is reversed. Here b is the 



young shoot of last year, while a, which carries the 



six shoots upon which the fruit grew, is cut off at the 



cross-line, b is shortened this year to 5 or 6 feet, 



and disbudded as before — one or two more buds 



being left on, as the vine is growing stronger. 



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