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AMERICAN" GRAPE CULTURE. 



treatment of which the reader already under- 

 stands. 



The next pruning will be as follows: the 

 upper cane must be cut entirely away from the 

 renewal spur by cutting through the old wood, 

 and the lower cane cut at the two lowest buds. 

 Passing to the arm, cut all the canes on the 

 spurs at the lowest bud, if single spurs are 

 adopted, and at the second bud, if double spurs. 

 The arm is now laid down its full length, and 



Fig. 48. 



the system is complete. The pruning, pinching, 

 athallage, etc., will be the same each succeeding 

 year. The spurs may hereafter carry, two 

 bunches of fruit, but more than this will not be 

 consistent with the permanent welfare and du- 

 ration of the vine, as a general rule. The excep- 

 tions to the rule must be determined by the 



