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stake. This can be done by pinching in the bearing branch 

 from the upper bud of each spur. 



Subsequently cut down, in the spring, each branch intended 

 for bearing to two eyes, regulating the number of spurs, to the 

 age and strength of the vine. 



To prevent the stalks from getting too high, cut back from 

 the top, and train young wood from the lower buds. I will 

 frankly admit that this system requires more care and better 

 judgment in summer pruning than the old one ; but I am 

 certain it will produce more perfect fruit, which is the great 

 object. 



Respectfully, 



G. Sleath. 



Note to page 67. — The success at first, of the Swiss at Vevay, Ind., 

 in vine culture, was owing to their selection of a native grape — the 

 Cape. For several years their vineyards prospered ; but being planted 

 on new land, in rich river bottoms, and the ground not trenched, they 

 were much troubled by rot, and finall}^ abandoned. Another cause of 

 failure, was in the quality of their wine, which was made too harsh 

 and acid, to suit the taste of the American consumers. But few vine- 

 yards are now cultivated at Vevay, and those on the hill-sides. The 

 town is a Swiss village no longer. Many of the descendants of the 

 former " vignerons," removed to other parts of the country; some 

 settled in this vicinity, and few of those that remain, follow the occu- 

 pations of their fathers. It has lost the charm of novelty to the west- 

 ern traveler, which it presented thirty-four years ago, when the writer 

 there, for the first time in his life, saw vineyards. 



