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cane, cut off the top, and the thing is done. 

 We shall probably undeceive him when we 

 state, that to grow the vine successfully in 

 this way is a rather tedious process, re- 

 quiring several years for its completion. The 

 form is pretty, and it presents a good example 

 of how subservient we can make the vine 

 to our purpose. If we should form it from 

 a cane of one year's growth, it would soon 

 become bare at the bottom, yielding its fruit 

 only at the top, and giving us a great deal of 

 trouble to control it ; in short, it could not 

 be done. We have elsewhere explained that 

 the action of the vine tends strongly to the 

 top. The position of the vine in this case 

 strongly favors this tendency, and it is our 

 purpose now to show how it may be measur- 

 ably overcome or held in check. 



We shall take a vine that has been planted 

 and grown one year, as described elsewhere. 

 If the cane is not strong, it must be cut to the 

 lowest bud, and grown another year ; for we 

 shall have poor success here without a good 

 cane. The cane is to be cut about two feet 

 long, and tied to a stake. From the end bud 

 a cane must be grown for extending the stock. 

 The next bud below this must be selected for 



