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has commenced to move, as it flows so freely from the 

 womid as to seriously injure the vine. When winter pro- 

 tection is given the pruning may be completed in the fall. 



A cut is given at the beginning of this chapter showing 

 the appearance of two vines at the beginning of autumn. 

 A careful inspection will give a clear understanding, if the 

 text has not given it, of the mode of pruning and training. 

 The fall pruning consists of cutting the laterals from the 

 canes on the slats. These canes are to bear the first next 

 season. The canes now in fruit must be cut entirely 

 away. The point requiring the greatest care is to se- 

 cure vigorous buds from which new canes are produced 

 next year. Nearly always there will be found several 

 Avell developed accessory buds on the head of the stump 

 at the base of the canes. All those which commence to 

 grow, must be rubbed off, except the two strongest. 

 These will furnish the new canes. In case a vigorous cane 

 is not furnished by accessory buds, one may still be had 

 from the lowest bud on the cane which is to bear fruit. It 

 is seldom that a necessity of this kind occurs. When it 

 does, all trouble for the succeeding year is usually obviated 

 by the subsequent formation of abundant accessory buds. 



It will be seen that the growing canes on the slats are 

 longer than the fruiting ones. This is a positive advantage 

 as the increased length which is afforded the cane during 

 its season of growth, makes it all the stronger, and what 



