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as soon as llio iViill. is sot, o\co|>liii<.»; llio loa(liii<j; 

 sliools, uliicli sliould not l)o sl(>|»|>('(l iiiilil llic lower 

 j>:ui is ri|>(Mi('(l ; oliiorwiso llio main ovos lor Hio \\v\{, 

 boiisoii \\\:\\ ho iiidiicod (o <'i-<»\v |>i'oiiial urolv. In 

 autunni llio }'oiiii^- wood iVom llio spurs is sliorli'iiod 

 back to Olio, or at inosl,lo two i»vos, and llio tormlnal 

 shoots in |»i-o|)orlion to Ihoir slron^lh; hut lor IIk^ 

 stron^'ost wood, from oi^ht lo twolvo ojos will ho IoiiikI 

 as many as will hi-oaU woll. 



" Wlu.'n coiiinioiiciii^j;- to 1 rain a 3'onn^' vino in thin 

 niamicr, llu'sido hraiichos should not ho brou^'ht to 

 the horizontal |)ositiioii at lirsl, hut loworod ^radiudly 

 as llio minihoror suilahh' hi-aiichos for U|Mii;ht stonis 

 ari^ ohtaincd ; hy' this moans llioy acijiiiro slron;j,th 

 i'aslor than if trained hoi'i/.onlall y at lirsl."" 



it is ohvioiis that this syslom is noai'Iy the sanio as 

 tlio loii^- rod, oi- i-oiiowal systcMii- ttu^ diHrri'iico hoiii^- 

 tlial instead of lakiii;j;" sevi'ral of the iiitper hiids on 

 (!aeh .youn«^ cano, wo uso only one and lia\'e a, ^i-eat 

 many canes <M' spui's. 



'I'lio only i-eal advanta|;t^ to he derived from it (so 

 far as wo ai*e ahle- to Ji'd^i^-e), and that upon which its 

 dislinctive reaturos is lounded, is that, tln^ huds from 

 which the next year's ci'op is to he ohlaine(| aro 

 always woll rijx'iiecl. We would, Iherelore, prel'er if 

 to the lii'st systom, whert^ the vines a,i"e tender, oi- iho 

 climale iinJaAoi-ahle, and deem il of sunicient inipor- 



