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THE FRUIT-TREE AND SHRVB PRUXER. 



will carry two bunches each if required, although one 

 is enough to each lateral. The rod c was made the 

 previous season like rod d, the whole length of say- 

 fifteen or sixteen feet, and if the rod is well ripened 

 and strong, a crop of two bunches per lateral is certain 

 throughout the length of the rod. 



But if the wood is weak, and grown in a house not 

 well exposed to the light and sun's influence, the 

 probability is that many of the eyes, e, will be abortive, 

 and of course fruitless. Nor can the long-rod system, 



Fig. 40. 



Fig. 40, be often safely adopted in outdoor Grape 

 culture, as is seen in Fig. 39. This illustration is 

 merely to show what the result of cutting down a 

 worn-out Vine will be. These rods, ffff, may be 

 pruned on the spur system, g, Fig. 41, and continued 

 as long as a crop of good fruit can be had from the 

 Vines, but as soon as signs of weakness appear, as 

 in Fig. 38, cut the rods down as before described. 

 Fig. 41 is an example of one pruned on the spur system, 

 and may be practised upon any Vine, but is the only 

 plan practicable on weak Vines, and such as can only 



