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OPEN AIE GKAPE CULTURE. 



At the base of a, below the cross-line, will appear 

 intermediate little buds — some of them quite promi- 

 rent. The best of them must be taken, and no fear 

 need be entertained of getting a good cane from it, 

 if all the unnecessary huds are promptly extirpated. 



If, however, we allow shoots to grow all over the 

 vine we will probably fail to get any cane at all. 



The following season, the shoot proceeding from a 



Mg. ^ 



is fruited, and b is cut off at the cross-line. This 

 stage of its progress is shown in Fig. 22. 



ng. 23. 



