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be stopped, and such lateral shoots as may be produced 

 after that time, must be treated as directed before. 



In the autumn when the leaves are fallen, each shoot 

 should be pinned back to the horizontal line where it 

 had turned upwards, thus leaving a foot between the 

 extremities of each vine. 



As soon as the young shoots are long enough, three 

 must be selected from each shoot at a foot distance from 

 each other : one at the extremity, another a foot from 

 that, and a third within six inches of the stem where it 

 had been first headed down ; these must be trained per- 

 pendicularly, and if each plant has furnished its six 

 shoots, they will be a foot from each other the whole 

 length of the wall. When they have attained a height 

 of four feet they must be stopped, and not suffered to 

 extend further that season. 



This mode of arrangement is by far the most perfect 

 of any that I have seen, and when the vines have ex- 

 tended some way up the wall, they will make a very neat 

 and uniform appearance, nor will they be less so at any 

 future period. 



If the vines should be weak when first planted out, 

 it will be better to cut them down to two eyes, and 

 select the best shoot from each, which should be trained 

 perpendicularly the first year : during this time the 

 plants will have got firm hold of the soil, and may be 

 proceeded with as directed before. 



In the next autumn pruning, every alternate shoot 

 must be cut down to two eyes, and the others left two 

 or three feet, according to their strength, for fruit. 

 Should these produce more than half a clozen bunches 

 each, it would be better to reduce them to this number, 

 as eighteen bunches will be as many as any one of the 

 plants, at this age, ought to be allowed to bear. The 

 intermediate shoots which had been cut down to two 

 eyes, will produce two shoots, the best of which only 



