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on their first appearance. The canes at this age should 

 be from eight to twelve feet long, and at least half an inch 

 in diameter. If much smaller than this, 

 one of them should be cut away, and the 

 other cut back to two buds, and two canes 

 should be grown, as in the previous season. 



When strong vines are planted, and good 

 culture is given them, they will be ready for 

 training at the end of the second season. 



The trellis should now be built, if it has 

 not been made before. (For description of 

 trellis, and how it is built, see Chapter XIV.) 

 The two canes of the vines are now short- 

 ened to four feet, bent down in opposite 

 directions, and laid against the lower bar of 

 the trellis to form arms. Select five or six 

 of the buds on the upper side of the arms 

 thus laid down, to be grown into upright 

 canes, making a mark on the trellis bar oppo- 

 site to each. If the vines have grown 

 strong, the buds will be from four to six 

 inches apart, in which case every bud on the 

 upper side may be allowed to remain. From 

 the marks opposite the buds stretch No. 16 

 galvanized wire to the bar above, fastening 

 each end securely by winding about the bar 

 or otherwise. Instead of now fastening the 

 vine to the trellis, it is better, but not abso- 

 lutely necessary, to bring the ends down 

 near the ground, and fasten them there with 

 hooked pegs, as seen in Fig. 42. If the ends 

 are fastened to the lower bar in a horizontal 

 position at once, the buds nearest to the base 

 will usually push first, because the short 

 bend in the cane at that point checks the 

 flow of sap and forces it into the buds near 



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