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have been pruned to three feet are expected to produce fruit, 

 and the others to produce canes for fruiting next year. Fig. 

 92 shows a vine pruned for fruiting, and to prevent the 

 sap flowing too rapidly to the upper buds, the cane is 

 allowed to remain lying on the ground, or is placed in a 

 horizontal position until the buds start, then it is tied to a 

 trellis or stake in an upright position. A portion of the 

 buds on the cane are allowed to push out and produce 

 fruit, and the others rubbed off. Fig. 93 shows a vine with 



Fig. 92. Fig. 98. 



three bearing spurs on each side. The bearing shoots are 

 to be stopped a few leaves beyond the last bunch of fruit, 

 the same as in other modes. 



The sap will pass with greater force into the upper 

 branches than into the lower, consequently the fruit upon 

 them will be much larger and better developed than upon 

 those below ; the difference will usually be about as shown 

 in the vine, Fig. 93. The next pruning of these bearing 

 vines will be the same as with the one cane before fruit- 

 ing that is, down to one bud. And here we meet the 

 main difficulty in this system, for there are no well-developed 

 buds on the cane, as they have grown out the season pre- 



