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branch of the grape vine is called a shoot ; a ripened 

 shoot is called a cane ; a branch or trunk two or 

 more years old is called an arm. Fig. i is a 

 shoot as it appears in the northern states in June. 

 The whole shoot has grown within a month, from 

 a bud. As it grew, flower clusters appeared and 

 these are to bear the grapes. Flowering is now 



2. THE BEARING WOOD. 



over, but the shoot will continue to grow, perhaps 

 to the length of ten or twenty feet. At picking 

 time, therefore, the grapes all hang near the lower 

 end or base of the shoots or new canes, as in fig. 2. 

 Each bud upon the old cane, therefore, produces a 



