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the cane is to be coiled to the post. The Th ornery and 

 the horizontal arm may be secured to their positions at 

 once. The fruiting-eyes (and every eye should be such) 

 will develop into shoots having from two to five bunches 

 of fruit, the bunches being opposite the first five leaves* 

 If a shoot has developed its fourth leaf without showing 

 fruit, it will be barren. For the first year of fruiting, two 

 bunches will generally be quite sufficient, as the bunches 

 are likely to be large. I give a very decided preference 

 to wires running parallel with the cane for the upright 

 trellis, as will be seen in the chapter upon this subject. 

 The first wire being but six inches from the canes, the 

 young shoots can be secured by tying with bass-string, 

 at a time when this tender, succulent growth is very 

 liable to' be injured by strong winds. Let the tie be 

 very loose, to allow for future growth. For the upright 

 training, one more wire, a foot above the second, will be 

 sufficient. As soon as the branch has passed one leaf 

 beyond the top wire, each branch is to receive a second 

 tie, and the head of the shoot is to be pinched out. This 

 is apparently contrary to Nature, to check the young- 

 shoot at a time when it is most rapidly furnishing new 

 leaves, the lungs of the plant. Prof. Lindley, in his 



