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the growth is complete, those eyes which had been converted 

 into branches at the extremity, being useless, may now be 

 . dispensed with, and the stem maybe headed down to the 

 first sound bud, and the plant will be complete. 



By Cuttings. 



In raising vines from cuttings, those which are furnished 

 with two eyes each will be sufficiently long for the purpose ; 

 the lower part should be transversely cut close to the bud. 

 They should be planted singly in small pots, filled with good 

 mould, leaving the upper eye rather below the surface than 

 above it. The pots should be placed either in the stove or 

 in a hotbed, early in February, allowing the plants room as 

 they advance in height, and shifting them into larger-sized 

 pots when they have filled the first with roots. 



By Single Eyes. 



Vines raised from single eyes require the same manage- 

 ment as those from cuttings, beginning only with a smaller- 

 sized pot, and removing them into others as they acquire 

 strength and require room. 



Pruning and Training. 



Several methods have been recommended by authors for 

 the pruning and management of vines, each of which is sup- 

 posed to possess some particular merit ; and as the ulti- 

 mate object, in all cases, must be supposed to be that of a 

 large crop of good fruit, it is material to consider how and 

 by what means this is to be obtained, and also what descrip- 

 tion of crop when it is obtained, whether that of a large 

 number of bunches, or a number of large bunches, the 

 weight of the whole being the same. 



I have myself ever been an advocate for large fruit, or the 

 largest size to which any particular fruit usually attains, be- 

 ino 1 fully satisfied that the value of fruit is more to be esti- 

 mated by its individual bulk or weight, than by the number 

 of its individuals composing that weight. 



