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very small. 1 never lay in any that has less than 

 fifteen, and from that to thirty good eyes, accord- 

 ing to the strength of the shoot, which will pro- 

 duce two bunches from every good eye. I have 

 had seventy bunches of grapes from one shoot. 

 The shoots that have borne fruit in the preceding 

 year should be cut out next year, except when 

 you want to fill the wall, and the shoots are very 

 strong. You will always get plenty of fine healthy 

 young wood, if you are careful when you prune in 

 the Winter ; therefore never leave any but fine 

 strong wood, always cutting at the second, third, 

 or fourth eye ; remembering to rub the lowest bud 

 off, and that which comes out at the joint between 

 the new and last year's wood. By these means 

 you will get as much fruit from these short shoots 

 as you would have by the common way of pruning. 

 You must always observe to leave two or three of 

 the strongest shoots for next year's bearing wood, 

 and never top them. If you have not room to 

 train them, you may lead them over the tops of the 

 other trees, if the Vines are planted against Piers ; 

 or you may run them behind the standards, if 

 there be any, which is generally the case when the 

 walls are high ; thus you will cover all the wall, 

 which will have a very beautiful appearance when 

 the fruit is ripe, besides furnishing a plentiful 

 supply of fine Grapes for the table. You may run 

 the shoots at the bottom of the wall behind the 

 dwarf trees, or you may tack them down over the 

 top of the wall on the other side, provided the 



