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ner, he will now be rewarded with the prospect of not 

 only an abundant, but, most probably, an overflowing 

 crop. Many shoots will show three bunches of fruit, 

 and here and there, on some, will be found even four. 



May 21th. The shoots will now push so rapidly, as 

 to require almost daily inspection. Nail the future 

 bearers firmly, and if any of them be disposed to grow 

 long-jointed, bend them a little out of their former di- 

 rection, every time they are nailed ; this will soon 

 check their growth, and insure the developement of 

 full-sized fruit-buds. Some of the strongest shoots 

 will, perhaps, grow in an adverse direction to the sur- 

 face of the wall ; if so, these must be managed at the 

 outset, with more than ordinary care. For the purpose 

 of inducing them to grow close to the wall, provide a 

 sufficient number of shreds from twelve to eighteen 

 inches in length, or longer, if required ; and as soon 

 as any shoot which has thus pushed, has attained the 

 length of fifteen, or not more than eighteen inches, 

 put a shred, sufficiently long, carefully round that part 

 of it that is nine or ten inches from the old wood, out 

 of which it has grown, and, drawing it out of its natu- 

 ral position about an inch towards the wall, nail it 

 firmly. In the course of two or three days, the shoot 

 will have taken a direction towards the wall ; it may 

 then have another shred put round it much shorter than 

 the first, and somewhat nearer the extremity of the 

 shoot. Repeat this operation two or three days after- 

 wards, if required, and the shoot will then grow close 

 to the surface of the wall. 



The tendrils that push from the footstalks of the 

 bunches of fruit must now be pinched off. 



The lateral or side shoots, also, which are now push- 

 ing vigorously, must be pinched off about an inch 

 beyond the first joint, as soon as they are about four 

 inches in length, but such as are near any bunches of 



