PRUNING 



is dormant and does not show clearly in the illustra- 

 tion. Cane "C" on Fig. 4 should be pruned in 

 exactly the same way, cut to the third bud on the 

 outside, and this is done in Fig. 5. Cane "D" in 

 Fig. 4 is undoubtedly the one which should be 

 removed, as it crowds the center of the plant, and 

 in Fig. 5 this stem has been cut out. You will note 

 how much more space is left for the balance of the 

 growth, particularly for the strong lowest shoot of 

 "E." "E" in Fig. 4 should be cut to the fourth 

 bud on the outside, and this is shown in Fig. 5. 

 "F" is undoubtedly the strongest cane and on its 

 whole length the young shoots have started vigor- 

 ous spring growth. You cut " F " to five eyes as 

 in Fig. 5. Had this plant (Fig. 4) been pruned in 

 the early spring the dormant buds on "A" and the 

 lower buds on "B" and "C" would have been 

 forced into growth, bat as the stems were left long, 

 the sap went to the top of these weaker growing 

 canes. If cane "F" had been somewhat larger, 

 and "B," "C," and "E" had been as small or 

 smaller canes than "A," the plant would have been 

 too one-sided and it would have been necessary to 

 have cut "F" back certainly to the third bud, which 

 is on the outside, possibly to its lower bud to equalize 

 the growth; but in this instance the three remaining 

 canes in the center, "B," "C," and "E," are nearly 



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