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but if more than on 3 should grow, the strongest only 

 should be allowed to zernain, and when this has grown a 

 few inches it shou?l be tied to the stake. This tying 

 will have to be attended to at least once a week through- 

 out a grsa-1'jr portion of the season. The laterals also 

 must be pir ched !xick as often as they start, leaving one 



FIG. 28. 



leaf the first time, two the next, and so on ; but usually 

 two stoppings will be all that is necessary. 



As the stopping, or pinching off, the ends of the lat- 

 erals constitutes a greater part of what is termed summer 

 pruning, and as I shall have occasion to refer to it fre- 

 quently in the following pages, the reader should fully 

 understand what is meant by laterals, and their mode of 

 treatment, as it is nearly the same upon vines in all 

 stages of their growth. 



