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young shoots are long enough to nail to the wall, two of the 

 best must be selected, and trained horizontally within nine 

 inches of the ground : when each shoot has extended two 

 feet and a half from the stem, it must be trained in a pei-pen- 

 dicular direction for two or three feet according to its 

 strength, when it must be stopped, and such lateral shoots 

 as may be produced after that time, must be treated as di- 

 rected before. 



In the autumn, when the leaves are fallen, each shoot 

 should be pinned back to the horizontal hne where it had 

 turned upwards, thus leaving a foot between the extremities 

 of each vine. 



As soon as the young shoots are long enough, three must 

 be selected from each shoot at a foot distance from each 

 other : one at the extremity, another a foot from that, and 

 a third within six inches of the stem where it had been first 

 headed down ; these must be trained perpendicularly, and 

 if each plant has furnished its six shoots, they will be a foot 

 from each other the whole length of the wall. When they 

 have attained a height of four feet they must be stopped, and 

 not suffered to extend further that season. 



This mode of arrangement is by far the most perfect of 

 any that I have seen ; and when the vines have extended 

 some way up the wall, they will make a very neat and uni- 

 form appearance, nor will they be less so at any future 

 period. 



If the vines should be weak when first planted out, it will 

 be better to cut them down to two eyes, and select the best 

 shoot from each, which should be trained perpendicularly 

 the first year : during this time the plants will have got firm 

 hold of the soil, and may be pi'oceeded with as directed be- 

 fore. 



In the next autumn pruning, every alternate shoot must 

 be cut down to two eyes, and the others left two or three 

 feet, according to their strength, for fruit. Should these 

 produce more than half a dozen bunches each, it would bo 

 better to reduce them to this number, as eighteen bunches 

 will be as many as any one of the plants, at this age, ought 

 to be allowed to bear. The intermediate shoots which had 

 been cut down to two eyes, will produce two shoots, the 

 best of which only must remain, and be trained upright for 

 fruit the following year, when it may be left five or six feet, 

 and those which produced fruit cut down to two eyes, the 



