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up, the vine will need no further care in the 

 way of training. "When the leaves have ripened 

 and fallen off, the vine will have the appearance 

 presented in Fig. 22. It may be regarded as 

 an example of a first-class vine. Let Fig. 23 be 

 taken as the same vine on a 

 reduced scale. In November, 

 or before the ground freezes, 

 the cane must be pruned to 

 three eyes, as indicated by 

 the cross mark. It may then 

 be bent down, and an inch or 

 so of earth thrown over it, 

 and thus left for the winter. 

 Fig. 24 shows how vines may ' 

 be prepared for laying down 

 and covering. Cedar brush 

 may be thrown over the 

 plants instead of earth, or 

 the covering may be omitted 

 altogether in favorable local- 

 ities, though it is always a 

 safe and prudent course to 

 give some kind of protection 

 to young vines. The pruning 

 may be left till spring, but it 

 is far better to do it in the fall. 



Fig. 23. 5 



