PEUNING GKAPE VINES. 



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The various systems of vine j)i'i-^i^iiig wliicli have 

 been founded upon these general principles, may be 

 classilied according to tbe part of the vine from wliich 

 the fruit buds are produced. Thus, if we suppose a 



Fig. 2C. 



to be a shoot of last year ; b a spur two years old, and 

 c a branch three years old, then we may by judicious 

 pruning obtain fruit, first from the plump buds a a 

 on the young cane a ; secondly from the buds l o 

 near its base ; thirdly from the buds e which will be 

 found at its junction with the spur b ; and fourthly 

 from buds situated at /*, that is at the junction of the 

 spur B with the branch c. In the latter case, how- 

 ever, if the spur b is old and has borne several shoots 

 like A it will require some skill and very favorable 



