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.'TOO b uds distance from the fruit. This is neces- 

 sary in order to clear the vine of confusion of 

 branches, and also to keep the sap back for the 

 supply of the fruit. These new shoots, that 

 have the bunches on, must be kept tied to the 

 trelis, or else the wind would tear them off 

 The other thing is, to take care to keep nicely- 

 tied to the bars the shoots that are to send forth 

 bearers the next year ; and, if you observe any 

 little side shoots coming out of them to crop these 

 off as soon as they appear, leaving nothing but 

 the clear, clean shoot. It may be remarked, that 

 the butt, as at , when it is cut off the next time, 

 "will be longer by a bud. That will be so ; but, 

 by the third year the vine will be so strong, that 

 you may safely cut the shoots back to within six 

 inches of the main trunk, leaving the new shoots 

 to come out of it where they will ; taking care to 

 let but one grow for the summer. If shoots start 

 out of the main trunk irregularly, rub them off 

 as soon as they appear, and never suffer your 

 vine to have any more than its regular number of 

 shoots. As to cultivation of the ground, the 

 ground should not only be deeply dug in the fall, 

 but, with a fork, two or three times during the 

 summer. They plough between them in Langue- 

 doc, as we do between the Indian Corn. The 

 ground should be manured every fall, with good 

 rich manure. Blood of any kind is excellent for 

 vines. But, in a word, the tillage and the manu- 

 ring cannot be too good. All that now remains is 

 to speak of the sorts of grafies. The climate of 

 this country will ripen anv sort of grape. But, it 

 may be as well to have some that come early. 

 The Black Juhj grape, as it is called in England, 



