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Fig. 92. 



Hence it appears that the shoots should be left entire, or bo 

 left very long. But in that case we immediately encounter the 

 following inconveniences. Thus, if the shoot in the Fig. 93 is 

 cut in B, the buds o and b are the only ones which will be 



Fig. 93. 



Fig. 94. 



developed, and we shall have in the following year the result 

 shown in Fig. 94. If, then, we trim the shoot at the points 

 A and B (Fig. 94), we shall have two new shoots produced at the 

 top cf the shoot b. Continuing to trim in this-manner the lateral 

 branch or immediate support of the young shoot mcreases in 

 length each year from 4 to 6 inches, and thence results great 

 confusion through the whole extent of the trained vine, and 

 moreover, a progressive enfeeblement, or, as it were, starvation, 

 of tlie new shoots, and, consequently, an immediate diminution 

 of fruitfulness. 



On the other hand, if the shoot in Fig. 93 is cut so as to 



