MANAGEMENT. 93 



about by the wind. As the tendrils and lateral shoots 

 successively appear throughout the summer, pinch off 

 the former when they have grown about three or four 

 inches in length, and the latter to an inch beyond the 

 first eye. 



June 1st. Throughout this month and the two 

 following ones, whenever the ground appears parched 

 through the heat of the weather, give the roots, once 

 a day, about half a gallon of soap-suds or dung-water. 

 Keep the ground free from weeds, and the surface 

 loose and open, by raking or forking it up once a week 

 throughout the summer. 



July 1st. The young shoots being firmly united 

 to the preceding year's wood, and therefore past all 

 danger of being broken off by any accident, unnail 

 the weaker shoot of the two, and cut it out close to 

 the stem, making the surface of the wound quite 

 smooth and even. The remaining shoot must be 

 kept nailed to the w^all as before directed. 



Nov. 1st. Cut the vine down to the two lower- 

 most buds, and in the winter, if the weather be frosty, 

 cover the ground over in the same manner as in the 

 preceding winter. 



Third year. March 1st. Remove the winter cov- 

 ering, and fork up the surface of the ground, and let 

 the subsequent management throughout the season 

 be precisely the same as in the preceding summer. 

 If any fruit be shown, pinch it off immediately it 

 appears. 



Nov. 1st. The stem of the vine will now be more 

 than two inches in girt, and therefore tico leading 

 shoots are to be permanently retained in the next 

 year. For this purpose, cut the vine down now to 

 the three lowermost buds, thus reserving, as before, 

 one to spare in case of accident. The vine will then 

 resemble fig. 5. The roots being now sufficiently 

 strong to withstand the severity of the weather, will 

 not in future require to be covered. 



