328 The Principles of Fruit-growing. 



upon the attention of growers. Fig. 62 shows the 

 shoots of a grape vine as injured by the freeze. 

 Acres of vineyards, which had made several inches 

 of growth, were seemingly killed by the disaster. 



Fig. 62. Grape shoots ruined by the freeze of May, 1895. 



The extent to which the vines had grown is shown 

 by Fig. 63 (page 330). The spray upon the left 

 shows the grapes of normal size (that is, from unin- 

 jured shoots) as they looked in midsummer. The 

 central spray shows grapes which were produced from 

 the second crop of flowers, which appeared after the 



