Plate No. 40. 



To form the arms, only the shoots that 

 Bpring from the base buds are retained ; but 

 to grow vines with shoots opposite, the one 

 that springs from the first well-developed 

 bud must also be retained to continue the 

 vine, as shown in the engraving A B. At 

 A the same operation is performed in June 

 as before described, pinching off main shoot 

 and suppression of lateral. In engraving A, 

 B, C, D, may be seen the manner of pruning 

 at the end of the season, and in the next 

 engraving the manner of proceeding for any 

 length of stock. It will be observed that 

 the shoots c, c, are pruned so as to take 

 shoots only from the base buds. In the next 

 engraving the double shoots may be seen form- 

 ed, as they are in full bearing, and the pruning 

 of these shoots should be noted, the upper 

 one being cut away by cutting through the 

 spur, and the lower one being cut so as to 

 form a new spur with two buds. Above 

 may be seen the two shoots marked for prun- 

 ing, as the lower ones were the year before, 

 and the shoot above prepared as before also 



There is a very good mode 

 of training from one single 

 upright stem upon a trellis 

 in front of a sheltering wall 

 whose hight may be from 

 four to six feet. After one 

 upright cane has been pro- 

 duced, shoots may be taken 

 from buds at each side that 

 are found at about the right 

 distances apart. That will 

 be about two feet apart on 

 each side, or a little less, so 

 that shoots being taken al- 

 ternately will be distant 

 from nine to twelve inches. 

 These shoots will " show " 

 three bunches of fruit each, 

 but two will be quite enough 

 for them to carry. At the time of pruning, they may be cut to the third bud. 



