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of the spur to develop, so that the third year the vigneron will be able 

 to start forming the crown. The pruning in this case will be readily 

 understood by reference to Fig. 26. The buds on a are capable of 

 producing fruit during the ensuing season. The crown is now 

 formed, and the vigneron will find the rules for subsequent pruning in 

 another chapter. 



In the second and third regions the stem requires to be thicker 

 than in the first, for which reason no part of the original cutting 

 should be employed to form it, as this, having lost part of its vigour 

 through transplanting, is not capable of producing so stout a stem as a 

 new shoot. If the two eyes left have developed themselves, the upper 

 one should be entirely removed, as well as the portion of old cutting 

 between it and the lower one, which is cut back to three eyes. At 

 the second pruning (Fig. 27) the top shoot A is cut back to three eyes 

 and the lower two, B and C, removed, as is also the case again at the 

 third pruning, as will be seen by reference to Figs. 28 and 29, which 



B 



FIG. 27. FIG. 28. FIG. 29. 



represent respectively the third and fourth pruning s. At the third 

 pruning (Fig. 28), the shoots B and C should be removed, and the 

 shoot A cut back to three eyes in a. At the fourth pruning also 

 (Fig. 29), the shoots C and B should be removed, and A cut back 

 to three eyes in D. By this time the vine will produce some grapes; 

 and at the fifth pruning two spurs, pruned to two eyes each, may be 



