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perpendicularly, a foot assunder, to the top of the 

 trellis. The wood is now, (Sept. 25th,) iu quite an 

 advanced state of maturity, and the fruit is well 

 colored, promising to be ripe in another week of 

 favorable weather. 



My mode of pruning is as follows : As soon as the 

 shoots in spring have advanced so as to show the 

 clusters of buds, I pinch each one at one joint beyond 

 the first cluster, unless the second is of good size, in 

 which case both are left, but never more than two. 

 All superfluous shoots and buds are rubbed off. As 

 growth progresses, I pinch a second, third, and some- 

 times a fourth time, according to the luxuriance of the 

 vines, after which everything is left to grow at random. 

 After the fall of the leaf everything is cut away, except 

 those- buds which are wanted for the next season's 

 fruiting. 



The ground has been fairly fed for crops of vege- 

 tables, &c, but has received nothing especially for the 

 vines, except the horn waste before mentioned. The 

 growth has been uniformly too luxuriant, and the canes 

 too long jointed. This tendency I hope to overcome 

 by withholding stimulating manures, and shall apply 

 only those of the opposite character. 



