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end of the first year. The pruning will be as 

 follows, beginning at the lowest spur on the left: 

 the upper cane is to be cut off at m through 

 the old wood, and the lower cane cut at n, or 

 the two lowest buds. (The spurs on this vine, 

 in fact, are two years old, and the stump made 

 by last year's pruning is seen at r.) All the 

 spurs are to be pruned like this one. The two 

 upper canes are to be cut to the two lowest 

 buds for spurs. The treatment in succeeding 

 years is only a repetition of this. The stock 

 may be extended to the height of five feet ; if 

 carried much beyond this, the vine soon gives 

 out at the bottom. With a stock four feet high, 

 like that in Fig. 54, the vine may be kept in 

 full bearing many years. When fully estab- 

 lished, all the canes may carry two bunches 

 each. 



Fig. 55 is a Delaware vine trained in this 

 way, engraved from a photograph taken by 

 Mr. Morand at lona. At X may be seen 

 one method of replacing a spur. The vine 

 carried just the number of bunches seen, 

 but not without injury. Fig. 56 is the 

 same vine in leaf. Fig. 57 shows how this sys- 

 tem may be applied for covering a trellis or 

 wall from eight to ten feet high. The inter- 



