Pruning the Vine, 



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bestowed to maintain an equal growth of these two 

 branches, in vines somewhat vigorous, is compensated 

 by the possibility of extending the fruit-stems, it is not 

 so with weak vines, whose yield must not be forced. 

 We would, therefore, advise the suppression of one of 

 the branches in the last named. By this means the 

 vigor of the fruit-stems will be increased, to the benefit 

 of the produce, and it may then be burdened, more or 

 less, according to the vigor of the stock. Figure 35 

 represents one of these plants before pruning. 



[Fig. 35.] — One-armed Trellis. 

 In certain localities, on the banks of the Rhone, may 

 be seen a vine shaped like Figure 36, which also be- 

 longs to the medium-sized descriptions, and makes 

 available those small patches of ground, here and there 

 to be found between the bare rocks, on the steep hill- 

 sides of burning climes. Vines thus shaped are termed 

 cones. For this mode of cultivation, circular holes, six 

 and one-half feet in diameter, and twenty-eight inches 

 in depth, are opened ; young vines are planted, sixteen 

 inches apart, and three inches inside the cavity. About 



