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tice ; for the fruit does equally well, aud it allows a 

 much larger portion of light to come into the house, 

 together with a more free circulation of air among the 

 fruit and young wood. Blind all the eyes on each 

 fruit spur as soon as they push above a joint or two, 

 before pinching them back, always cautiously retain- 

 ing one eye; and be particularly cautious that nothing 

 should happen to injure the leaf that accompanies the 

 bunch, for, if that is lost, the fruit comes to nothing." 

 (Hart. Soc. Trans.) 



When vines will not break at the lower buds, de- 

 press the shoots and shade the upper extremity until 

 the lower buds have started. If the bend is at the 

 place where the buds are dormant, the operation ex- 

 pedites their appearance. {Gard. Chron. 1841, 169.) 

 Another good suggestion made by Mr. Power, of 

 Raynham, is that, in forcing vines pruned on the spur 

 system, besides the one eye left upon each spur, a 

 number of eyes will be formed about and between the 

 spurs and the main stem. In looking over these, 

 after they have made their appearance, care should be 

 taken to rub off all, with the exception of one or two 

 to a spur, and those should be left in the most favour- 

 able situation, on the upper side, or front of the spur. 



Mr. T. Appleby, gardener at the Fence, Maccles- 

 field, also considers the best mode of pruning the vine 

 to produce certain crops of fine well flavoured fruit, 

 is undoubtedly the "spur system," but as he offers 



