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Vineyard Culture. 



permanently planted at this stage of their growth — in 



the South, for instance — 

 when a vigorous plant is 

 wanted, and a plantation is 

 to be made in a rich and 

 somewhat clayey soil. But 

 it will be best, in most cases, 

 to await until the second 

 year. In that case, about 

 pruning time, all the young 

 plants are cut as at A [Fig. 

 7], and the small shoot, B, 

 is so cut as to have but one 

 eye at the base. Imme- 

 diately after the trimming, 

 the ground is lightly plowed, 

 and, at the end of April, it 

 [Fig. 7.] — One-year old is again covered with a new 



Plant. layer of straw, etc. 



It will be well, during the summer, to concentrate 

 all the vigor of the young plant into one single shoot. 

 For that purpose, as soon as the shoots have attained 

 the length of eight inches, they must all be suppressed, 

 except the finest one, the top of which must be pinched 

 off, as soon as it has reached twenty-four inches in 

 hight. About the beginning of August, the buds are 

 again nipped, if necessary, to prevent confusion, and 

 allow the shoots to be well strengthened by the action 

 of the sun. Figure 8 shows the appearance of these 

 two-year old plants in the fall. 



Removal of the Plants from the Nursery. — Whatever 

 length of time the cuttings may be left in the nursery, 



