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mer ; A is a lateral that has been stopped three times ; B 

 has been stopped twice ; c but once. This cane is to be 

 cut back the next season to within twelve 

 to fifteen 'inches of the ground, and only 

 the upper two buds are allowed to grow, all 

 others being rubbed off. From these upper 

 two buds two canes are produced, as shown 

 in Fig. 41, each one of which should have 

 the same treatment as did the single one of 

 f b the previous season. The second season 



the vine will usually produce three bunches 

 *-v i of fruit on each cane ; and if it is strong 

 > and vigorous, these may be allowed to ma- 



ture ; but if the vine is not strong, they 

 should be removed on their first appear- 

 ance. The canes, at this age, should be 

 from eight to twelve feet long, and at least 

 half an inch in diameter. If much smaller 

 than this, one of them should be cut away, 

 and the other cut back to two buds, and 

 two canes should be grown, as in the pre- 

 vious season. When strong vines are 

 planted, and good culture is given them, 

 they will be ready for training at the end 

 of the second season. The trellis should 

 now be built, if it has not been made before. 

 (For description of trellis, and how it is 

 built, see Chapter XIV.) The two canes 

 of the vines are now shortened to four feet, 

 bent down in opposite directions, and laid 

 against the lower bar of the trellis to form 

 arms. Select five or six of the buds on the 

 upper side of the arms thus laid down, to 

 be grown into upright canes, making a 

 mark on the trellis bar opposite to each. 

 FIG. 41. If the vines have grown strong, the buds 



