4:0 THE AMERICAN VINE-DRESSER'S GUIDE. 



leave tliree or four shoots : your trunk is now 

 formed, and is provided witli four arms, 

 which are sufficient, unless the soil be excel- 

 lent, in which case you may either leave three 

 eyes on each shoot, or, at the fifth pruning, 

 leave one shoot more. 



Be careful always to prune from the new 

 wood, that is, from shoots of the year preced- 

 ing. 



So much for low vines, which are always 

 treated thus in places where their culture does 

 not admit of heavy expenditure, or in poor soil 

 in parts not exposed to spring frosts. But in 

 fertile soils, or where frosts are to be appre- 

 hended, the vine must be kept high, especial- 

 ly if the products find a ready market. 



