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MY VINEYARD. 



size or vigor of the i>laiit. At the end of tlie first season 

 the vine will probably have reached the top of the trellis, 

 and will have lateral branches of considerable size. It will 

 have something of the appearance represented in Fig. 2. 

 At the fall or winter prnning the plant is cnt down to two 

 strong buds, and will now appear as shown in Fig. 1. 



SECOND YEAR. 



During the second year a cane is produced from each 

 of the two buds left at the last pruning. The canes may 





Fi. 



be treated like the one cane of last season, except it 

 would be well to pinch back, once or twice during the 

 season, the stronger laterals, so as to develop as fully as 



