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OPEN AIE GRAPE CULTURE. 



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CHAPTEE YI. 



MANAGEMENT OF FRUITING VINES. 



At the close of the third season we ought to have 

 a vine such as is shown in Fig. 16, consisting of a 

 stout, strait, clean stem, 9 to 14 inches high, from the 



Fig. 16. 



top, or head of which springs two horizontal arms, 

 each bearing two well ripened canes, 8 to 10 feet long. 



