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FIRST FIVE years' MANAGEMENT. 95 



Ficr. 6. 



March 1st. Clean the surface of the ground, and 

 fork it up as in the preceding year. 



May 1st. Train the shoots that push from the 

 shoots 3, and 7, in the manner represented by the 

 dotted hues 1, 2, 3, 4. and if more fruit shows than is 

 equivalent to the weight before-mentioned, the excess 

 must be cut off when the berries are set, as directed 

 in the Calendarial Register, July 15th. Continue the 

 same course of management as in the preceding year, 

 and wlien the roots require watering, they are now 

 sufficiently strong to have applied to them for that 

 purpose, any description of hquid manure that can be 

 most conveniently obtained. 



September 1st. Pinch off the tops of the shoots, 

 and the sap will then accumulate in the buds. 



October 1st. As soon after this time as the fruit is 

 gathered, cut back the first and third shoots, to as 

 many buds as may be deemed necessary to produce 

 the quantity of fruit which the vine can mature in 

 the next year ; and the second and fourth shoots to 

 the lowermost bud each. Cut out the lateral shoots 

 and the stumps of the tendrils, as directed in the 

 preceding year, and peel or scrape off all loose and 

 decayed bark ; then nail the shoots temporarily to the 

 wall to protect them throughout the winter. 



Sixth year. March 1st. Train the t\Vo shoots 

 in the manner represented by S, S, fig. 7, and those 



