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from each other, except in a few kinds making 

 very long joints ; in these it may be desirable 

 to retain both the upper and the lower buds 

 for making spurs. The canes just bent down 

 may or may not contain the exact number 

 of buds represented in the figure; that will 

 depend partly upon the kind and partly upon 

 circumstances. The spurs should be from six 

 to twelve inches apart, according to the kind 

 of vine. The smaller distance will generally 

 answer for the Delaware, Rebecca, and kinds 

 of similar growth; while the longer distance 

 will suit the lona, Allen's Hybrid, etc. It 

 may be reduced to a rule, thus : the distance 

 between the spurs must be determined by 

 the habit of the kind. The object is, to have 

 the arms of about equal length, the same 

 number of spurs on each arm, and the dis- 

 tance between the spurs just sufficient to ac- 

 commodate the foliage. The reader must keep 

 this object constantly in view in forming the 

 arms. The two years' growth previous to the 

 formation of the arms will give him a good 

 idea of the habit of the kind; but he must 

 make proper allowance for the greater vigor 

 of the vine during these two years. Fig. 27 

 is a Delaware vine, and the portion of arm 

 laid down is pretty nearly two feet long. 



