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OPEN AIB GRAPE CULTURE. 



tance to give in detail a method of treating the spurs 

 during a series of years. 



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Fig. 85. 



Fig. 35 (a) shows a portion of a young cane which 

 may either form part of the vertical branches on a 

 trellis, or the single stem of a young vine. The first 

 season of fruiting, the tendrils should be cut ofi' and 

 the buds thinned to from six to ten inches aj)art, 

 depending upon the vigor of the variety ; and so that 

 they will be alternately on different sides of the cane, 

 thus leaving the buds on each side from 12 to 20 



inches apart. IN'ot more than four or five buds should 

 be left on a cane during the first season. 



