XOV.] GRAPES. 435 



It is necessary to refer the reader to the subject 

 of pruning and training the plants in this compart- 

 ment for April. Three shoots from each plant were 

 then directed to be trained, thus: one of the side 

 shoots, to the height of five or six feet, and the other 

 side shoot to the height of nine or ten, then both to 

 be stopped. The middle shoot to be allowed to 

 grow as long as it would, without being stopped. 



Now, these shoots are to be pruned thus : The 

 side shoot, stopped first, to three eyes, the other to 

 five or six feet, and the middle shoot, to seven, 

 eight, or ten feet, according to its strength : from 

 which may be expected a good deal of fruit next 

 season, and a shoot from its extremity, to be stop- 

 ped at the top of the house this time twelvemonth. 

 From the side shoot, pruned to five or six feet, may 

 be expected a few fruit ; and from its extremity, a 

 shoot to be headed at this time next year, at nine or 

 ten feet in length, which will, the season following 

 thereafter, produce a full crop. From the side 

 shoot, shortened to three eyes*, are to be expected 

 two shoots ; the one to be trained to the height of 

 about nine or ten feet, (to be pruned to five or six 

 at this time next year) ; and the other to four or 

 five only, as it is again to be pruned back to two or 

 three buds this time twelvemonth ; thus providing 

 for w r ood to fill the under part of the trellis. 



The fulfilment of all or any of these " prophetic 



* Although two shooU only are to be trained from this stub, 

 yet it is proper to leave three buds, for fear of accidents. 



