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the trellis of branches, leaves, and tendrils. Let the shoots 

 and branches afterwards be regularly laid in, at the distance 

 above specified, particularly the young shoots that are expect- 

 ed to bear next season. As to others, it is not so material 

 how near the young shoots be placed to the old, even though 

 they sometimes cross them. Choose strands of fresh matting, 

 or packthread, to tie with; and observe to leave sufficient 

 room for the swelling of the shoots and branches next season. 

 Vines may be pruned too much as well as too little. There 

 is nothing gained by training vines very high. A vine ten 



Training a Vine Fan-Shaped. 



feet high will be as productive as one forty feet high. The 

 illustration herewith given will furnish an idea of the manner 

 of cutting off the old wood, at cc^ and throwing all the sap 

 into two vertical canes, aa. Or the tops may be cut off at 66, 

 and the laterals trained horizontally at pleasure. 



