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of long pruning and high training, and to adhere more closely to short 

 pruning and low bush training. This insures a more rapid and freer 

 circulation of the sap through the channel of the tissues of the plant, 

 and consequently better nourished bunches. In such localities it may 

 advisable to make up for the low fertility of the basal buds of the 

 canes by multiplying the number of spurs. 



Prune short the Roussillon family of grapes, viz., Grenache 

 Garignane, Mataro, Aspiran, Morastel; also Cinsault, Aramon, 

 Sauvignon vert (Colombar), Semillon, Pedro Ximenes, Folle blanche 

 Trebbiano, Doradillo, Clairette, Gouais, Zinfandel, the Muscats, 

 Black Hamburgh, Cornichon, and a great many table grapes. 



Prune long Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet franc, Malbec, Merlot, 

 Verdot, Sauvignon blanc, the Pinots, Verdelho, Shiraz, Boussanne, 

 (White Hermitage), Riesling, Green Hungarian (Tokay), Malaga, 

 Early White Malvasia (Lignan), Sultana, the Currants. 



Prune half-long any of the above sorts, according to circum- 

 stances as detailed above, and more particularly Mondeuse, 

 Marsanne (White Shiraz), Chasselas, Muscatel, Sauvignon blanc, 

 Sauvignon vert, Merlot, Pinot-Chardonnay, the Port Wine 

 varieties, the Sauterne varieties, Blue Portuguese (CElillade), Black 

 Morocco, Emperor, Shiraz, Crystal, Almeria, Pedro Ximenes. 



METHODS OF TRAINING. 



As I have already pointed out, training is merely a matter of 

 convenience. The numerous methods of training may be reduced 

 and grouped under two types : 



1 . Vines growing upright, with or without stalks. 



2. Vines trained on horizontal wires or trellises. 



First Group : Vines Trained Upright. To this group belong the 

 ''Gooseberry Bush, or " Goblet " shape vines, trained according to 



Bush vine after pruning. 



Bush, vine after 

 second pruning. 



