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as they may be affected by circumstances. If 

 every thing has gone on favorably, at the end 

 of the fifth year we shall have a perfect speci- 

 men of double horizontal arm training. The 

 pruning may now be done as directed last year, 

 and the vine laid down for the winter. 



Fig. 34 will give a good idea of the appear- 



Fig. 34. 



ance of the vine at this time, except that the 

 fruit canes are all single, whereas we have made 

 part of them double. It will be observed, too, 

 at a, that a bud has " missed," and its place been 

 supplied by a cane from a bud beneath. This 

 and other methods of replacing spurs will be 

 described elsewhere. 



Double Horizontal Arms, with two Tiers. 

 We have alluded to the double horizontal arm 

 system with two tiers of arms, one above the 

 other. This is formed as follows : in pruning 

 at the end of the first year, every other vine is 



