106 FIRST FIVE YEARS' 



March 1st. Clean the surface of the ground, and 

 fork it up as in the preceding year. 



May 1st. Train the shoots that push from the shoots 

 3 and 7, in the manner represented by the dotted lines 

 1, 2, 3, 4, and if more fruit shows than is equivalent to 

 the weight before-mentioned, the excess must be cut off 

 when the berries are set, as directed in the Calendarial 

 Register, July 15th (p. 171). Continue the samecourse 

 of management as in the preceding year, and when the 

 roots require watering, they are now sufficiently strong 

 to have applied to them for that purpose, any descrip- 

 tion of liquid manure that can be most conveniently 

 obtained. 



September 1st. Pinch off the tops of the shoots, 

 and the sap will then accumulate in the buds. 



October 1st. As soon after this time as the fruit is 

 gathered, cut back the first and third shoots, to as 

 many buds as may be deemed necessary to produce 

 the quantity of fruit which the vine can mature in the 

 next year ; and the second and fourth shoots to the 

 lowermost bud each. Cut out the lateral shoots and 

 the stumps of the tendrils, as directed in the preceding 

 year, and peel or scrape off all loose and decayed bark ; 

 then nail the shoots temporarily to the wall to protect 

 them throughout the winter. 



SIXTH YEAR. 



March 1st. Train the two shoots in the manner 

 represented by S, S, fig. 7, and those that push from 

 the spurs H, H, train also in a similar form. Clean 

 the surface of the ground, and fork it up as in the pre- 

 ceding year. The Calendarial Register will now 

 supply the details of the future management. 



The vine has now assumed the form which it is per- 

 manently to retain, and the manner in which it is 

 trained may be considered as the commencement of a 



