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Finally, each year the condition of the individual vine should 

 determine the kind of pruning to be adopted. If the vine ap- 

 pears weak, from whatever cause, it should be pruned shorter 

 or given less spurs or fruit canes than the year before. On 

 the contrary, if it appears unnecessarily vigorous, more or longer 

 spurs or fruit canes should be left. Every vine should be judged 

 by itself. It is not possible to give more than general directions 

 for the pruning of the whole vineyard. It cannot be well pruned 

 unless the men who do the actual pruning are capable of using 

 sufficient judgment to properly modify their methods for each 

 individual vine. 



