THE GRAPE. 



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the buds may all get an even start in the spring, the 

 arms are sometimes bent down to the ground till the 

 young shoots are a few inches long. When fastened to 

 the trellis at once, the sudden bend near the base of the 



cane so checks the sap that the buds at that point are un- 

 duly developed, while the strong tendency of the sap to 

 the extremity makes the buds there grow more rapidly 



Fig. 99. 



than those on the middle of the cane. See figures 98 and 

 99. When the two arms are fastened to the trellis, five 

 or six buds are selected on the upper side of each, at 

 which wires are placed. 



The wires are left so they can be moved to any desired 

 position. When the young shoots are several inches long, 

 they are tied to the wires and all other buds and shoots are 

 rul>bed off. To equalize the space, it is sometimes neces- 

 sary to train up a bud from the bottom of the cane. The 

 upright shoots are not allowed to reach much above the 

 trellis, and the laterals are kept pinched back. The en- 

 tire vine must be kept equally oalanced, with the same 

 number of canes to each arm, and all kept at the same 



