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Fuller, Dr. Fisher and other worthies — with posts eight feet long 

 set two and one-half feet into the groued, the end post to be at 

 tlie first vine, the next post nine feet therefrom and the otliers 

 six feet apart, bracing the outside post. Rows eight feet apart, 

 vines six feet apart in tlie rows. Stretch No. 15 or 16 of galva- 

 nized wire upon these posts, the lower wire twenty inches from 

 the ground, the next wire fifteen inches above the first, the third 

 fourteen inches above the second, and the fourth fifteen inches 

 above the third, ending the trellis with the fourth wire. Begin- 

 ning with the third year, allow one shoot to grow from each vine. 

 The end vine of the row train to and along the third wire, the 

 arm turning from the post. Next vine carry to the first wire, 

 the next to the third and so on alternately through the row, all 

 the vines turning the same way. As they grow, nip the laterals 

 at second leaf, when the shoots have grown six feet nip the ends 

 off. The autumn pruning consists in cutting off the laterals and 

 cutting back the main shoot to good, strong wood. 



At the fourth year as buds push a shoot each, if two rub out 

 one, and show their clusters of grape buds, and have made two or 

 three leaves beyond the last cluster, the end of these shoots 

 should be nipped ofi. as soon as they have made sufificient 

 growth and are strong enough not to break, tie them to the sec- 

 ond or fourth wire as the case may be. As laterals start on the 

 upright shoots, pinch in at second leaf and continue to do this 

 the entire season. Now the question comes, how much fruit 

 shall I let remain on the vines ? Shall I allow each shoot to 

 start with three or four clusters and at the close of the season 

 have a very large crop of half grown, unripe grapes with which 

 to crowd the market with Concords at one dollar per bush- 

 el, as has been the case the present year, or shall I aim for a 

 harvest of large, well ripened berries, upon clusters weighing 

 from half a pound to one pound each, selling at remunerative 



