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when the roots require watering, they are liquid manure that can be most conveniently 

 now sufTiciently strong to have ap{)Ued to oV)tained. September 1. — Pinch off the tope 

 them i'or tliat purpose any description oi" ) of tlie shoots, and the sap will then accuoju 



late in the Ijuds. Here we will leave our 

 author, and pursue a somewhat different 

 treatment. Early in October, or soon after 

 the fruit is gathered, let the shoots numljered 

 1 and 4 be cut back to as many buds as may 

 be deemed necessaiy to produce the quantity 

 of fruit which the N'ine can mature tlie next 

 year, and let those marked 2 and 3 be cut 

 back to the three lowermost buds. The lat- 

 eral shoots, as also the stumps of the tendrils, 

 hhould be cut out as directed in the preceding 

 year. Let the loose and decayed bark be 

 rubbed or scraped off, and the shoots fastened 

 to the wall or trellis, to protect them during 

 the winter. 



Sixth Year. — Commence early in March, 

 and treat the ground in every respect, during 

 the season, as in the preceding year, taking 

 care to incorporate all the leaves or clippings 

 of the vines with the earth about the roots. 

 Early in May, or as soon as the shoots num- 

 bered 2 and 3 have urown a sufficient length, 

 fasten them carefidly to the wall or trellis, 

 and let them gi-ow until the first of July. 

 Tlien cut out the Vi'eakest of the three young 

 shoots, and treat the two remaining ones (as 

 indicated in the adjoining figure) precisely as 

 those numl)ered 1 and 4 were the year pre- 

 ceding, due care being observed to deprive 

 all the shoots of any superfluous fruit or leaves 



■which may put forth. In October, soon after | lowermost buds, thus reserving one to spare 

 th-; fruit is guthered from the slioots num- in case of accident, ui order to pn)duce 

 bcred 1 and 4, cut them down to the tliree I double shoots the following year. No farther 

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