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the size of the stem hy limiting the evolution of the antici- 

 patory shoots, and to accumulate in a small space all the nutri- 

 tive juices taken up by the roots. It also promotes the increase 

 of the roots along the newly interred layer. No bunch of 

 grapes is allowed to remain on this shoot for fear of weakening 

 it. The whol« plantation should also receive two or three dress- 

 ings in the course of the year. They should be applied, if possi- 

 ble, after rather a smart shower of rain, and when the earth has 

 slightly drained. If the soil is light and dryness is to be appre- 

 h-ended, the trench and the little ditch should be covered with 

 a bed of manure 6 inches in thickness, besides that which has 

 already been applied, and finally, the trench is filled with the 

 earth banked up on each side. After this operation, the whole 

 appears like Fig. 78. 



Second Year of the Plantation. — Toward the end of 

 February, the shoot developed during the preceding year is cut 

 at A (Fig. 79), above the three buds nearest to the base, then it 



Fig. 79. 



is attached to a prop 53 inched long which replaces the first. 

 When the shoots have attained a length of 6 inches the 

 laterals are pinched out, so as to preserve only the shoots 

 from the three buds just described. These shoots are fixed 

 upon a prop in proportion as they grow longer. Tijey are 

 not allowed to exceed the prop by which they are supported, 

 and the process of nipping off the buds is continued. Should 



