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respects, the new arm will be formed in the 

 usual manner. 



When only a portion of an arm is to be re- 

 newed, the cane for the renewed part must be 

 taken from the lowest bud on the spur situated 

 at the point from which the arm is to be re- 

 newed. It will make the arm just a little 

 crooked there ; but this, aside from its being a 

 little unsightly, will in no respect be an injury 

 to the vine. 



If, in double horizontal arms, each arm, as we 

 suggested some years ago, was provided with a 

 safety-valve, or upright cane, at some point be- 

 low the bend in the arm, the arms in this sys- 

 tem dould be renewed just as easily as in the 

 plan of Guyot. Besides this, they have con- 

 siderable value, when understood, in equaliz- 

 ing action throughout the arm. We consider 

 them an important feature in the horizontal arm 

 system. 



Upright Stocks. The way to renew theee is 

 to cut within a foot of the ground, select one 

 from among the many canes that will make their 

 appearance, and treat it in the manner in which 

 the stock was first formed. It seems not to be 

 generally understood that an old stock is full 

 of dormant buds, and that they will start into 



