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FRUIT CULTURE. 



perpendicularly instead of one. Any inequality 

 of growth may be counteracted by pinching 

 laterals which are too vigorous. The object is 

 to obtain a well-ripened arm at the end of the 

 second season, or two arms, if so preferred. 

 These are to be cut back in November to about 

 six feet in length, and with plump fruit-buds 

 evenly distributed about a foot apart on the cane. 

 During the winter the vines will lie upon the 

 ground, and if protected by evergreen boughs 

 they are safer. Early in April the canes are 

 tied to the lower wire, and each bud is expected 

 to produce a shoot, with one or more clusters of 

 fruit. 



Fig. 8. 



Fig. 8 shows the appearance of a vine with 

 two arms at the end of the third season. All the 

 new growth is carefully tied to the upper wires 

 as the leaders and laterals are closely pinched 

 and the space is filled. In November this new 

 growth is to be pruned back, leaving bare arms 



