220 PRUNING GRAPES. 



" When the grapes have attained about the size 

 of a pea, the ends of the branches bearing them 

 may be nipped, that they may not interfere in 

 growth with the arms above. It is also well to take 

 off the grapes which form on the upright shoot next 

 the body of the vine, in order thus to insure a 

 thrifty shoot for an arm the next season. The late- 

 rals or branches starting from the bud over each 

 leaf, should be carefully taken off excepting one or 

 two eyes. If they are all taken off, the bud which 

 produces the fruit-bearing branch of the next year 

 is sometimes forced, and a second growth of 

 grapes will sometimes form, but never ripen." 





