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one, who will follow the directions here given, to 

 prove the advantage that will accrue from this 

 method of training. 



The above experiments were all made on the 

 natural walls, and I hope will be sufficient to con- 

 vince every unprejudiced person of the great ad- 

 vantage that the serpentine method of training 

 Vines possesses above the common way. 



It may be proper to observe, that the shoots 

 should be brought as near as possible from the 

 bottom of the Vine, that the wall may be well 

 covered. When the walls are high, and the shoots 

 from the serpentine branches strong, we some- 

 times let them remain ; but if the walls are low, 

 and the serpentine branches produce weak shoots, 

 we cut them out in the Autumnal pruning, and 

 train up the strongest of the young wood in 

 their room ; as directed in the explanation of 

 Plate X. 



Of the Pruning and Training of Vines. 



It is to be observed, that the wood must be 

 strong, or the Vines will produce small bunches. 

 If that be the case, cut them down to two or three 

 eyes, in order to have strong wood for next year. 

 Vines bear their fruit on the vood that was pro- 

 duced the preceding year. If there be a great 

 deal of old naked wood on them, as generally is 

 the case, with some small weak shoots at the ex- 

 tremities, always cut them down as near to the 



