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height, we must do it gradually, and not endeavor to ac- 

 complish it in one season. In the vineyard, the best pos- 

 sible position for the arms may be one foot from the 

 ground, while in a garden surrounded by high walls, ten 

 feet might be far better than any point below it. 



It is therefore impossible to give a plan that will suit 

 every position ; but the horizontal arm should be the main 

 point aimed at, whether it be long or short, high or low. 

 The vines may also be trained with only one arm instead 

 of two. 



Fig. 57 shows a vine with one arm having only five 

 spurs, but it may be extended by bending down the right- 

 hand upright cane, and in this manner the arm may be 

 lengthened as required. The season previous to extending 

 the arm, the end cane should be allowed to grow four or 

 five feet long, instead of stopping it at the usual height, so 

 as to have a strong cane to lay down. Three to four feet 

 is about as much as should be added to the arm in one 

 season, for if a cane of more than four feet is laid down, 

 some of the buds will often fail to grow. 



The vine may be planted, if need be, several feet from 

 where we wish to train it, and the arm be allowed to ex- 

 tend that distance without producing upright canes, as it 



