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indicated by the letters e e, which is called the spur (talon). 

 The number of buds on tlie spur may be three or four. But 

 two buds on the spur, one on each side and one at the top of 

 the shoot, are preserved. The produce of the buds e e is entirely 

 removed. This last operation is performed as soon as the shoots 

 from the spur Jiave attained a length of 4 inches. When the 

 remaining shoots are fastened to the frame, the young vine 

 presents the appearance of Fig. 86. When tlie centre shoot (b) 

 puts forth, as it increases in length, a leaf above that point 

 where the first pair of lateral shoots is attached, it is cut above 

 this leaf at the point a, as in the preceding summer, in order to 

 obtain from the axil of this leaf a new shoot for the formation 

 of a second pair, which must be treated in the same manner. 

 The two lateral shoots are subjected to the same operation. 

 Third Year.— In the following spring each stem on the walls 



Fig. 89. 



presents the appearance of Fig. 89. The shoot a is cut at the 

 point B, in order to obtain the same result as in the preceding 

 year. As to the branches c, they are cut near their base in 

 order to form the two first coursons or double branches shown 



