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EXPLANATION OF PLATE X. 



Qy a, a, &c. The young bearing wood of a Vine 

 trained in a Serpentine manner, with the buds for 

 the present year appearing. These shoots are 

 generally cut out in the Winter pruning, as low as 

 c, c, c, &c. to produce wood for next year. 



The shoots b, b, &c. produce fruit in the usual 

 manner, and also young wood for the following 

 year, which must not be topped, but only have 

 the side shoots picked off. Two or three of the 

 strongest young shoots from each of those b, b, 

 &c. will be sufficient, and they must be laid in at 

 full length. 



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