THE CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 167 



wood to the spur, leaving one or two eyes, as you may tliink 

 best. 



This plan is illustrated by a view of some vines trained as 

 above described, and represented as in full growth in sum- 

 mer. The only pruning recommended for the summer, is to 

 stop the leading, or any other shoot, that may be growing 

 too strong, and thereby weakening the growth of the lower 

 limbs. In August or September, stop the shoots by cutting 

 or pinching off their ends. The foliage is hable to be injured 

 by bHght in some sections of the country ; as a remedy for 

 this evil, promote a good stock as a reserve. After the fruit 

 is set, and is as large as peas, it will be time to tie the 

 shoots into the trellis. In the view, it will be observed 

 that this has upright j)ieces three feet apart ; the shoots 

 from the spurs can be secured to these, or hghter supports 

 may be placed half-way between them for this purpose. 



A vine should be six or eight years old before it be allowed 

 to cover so much wall as represented in the cut. The first 

 year of bearing, these upright shoots may be pruned to about 

 six feet, permitting them to extend themselves two feet every 

 year, until the wall is covered. If the spurs are too close to- 

 gether, some of them must be pruned out, so that every spur 

 and shoot shall have ample room. The shoot on the top spur, 

 when the wall is full, may be led along the top of the trellis 

 till it has grown five or six feet, when it can be pruned back 

 to about three feet, leaving the lateral to grow, which can be 

 stopped, if it grows too strong, in two or three weeks ; if not, 

 let it grow till the shoots are stopped in September. In the 

 winter pruning, this must be cut back, as are the other shoots, 

 to the one or two eyes. 



This trellis is made with three horizontal pieces of boards, 

 two inches wide by one and a quarter thick. The first one 

 is fifteen inches from the ground, the second in the middle, 

 and the thu'd near the roof; these are secured firmly, four- 

 teen inches from the house, by board cleats, quite stout, 

 which are nailed to the trellis and house. On these horizon- 



