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OPEN AIR GRAPE CULTL'Rl-:. 



During the summer I inspect the vines regularly 

 every morning ; seeing that the ends of my leaders 



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are in their proper places, and not obstructed ; pick- 

 ing ofl" tendrils and stopping the laterals above the 





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first leaf, on my next year's hearing wood, tying 

 down fruit spurs carefully, and stopping any shoot 

 that may have spi-ung frr.^u tlic ends of tlieui ; as 



