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to eight or ten buds — and we have prepared for the 

 first crop of fruit, about forty bunches, as the fruit- 

 ing cane from each bud will bear two bunches on 

 the average. However these main arms will not 

 bear fruiting-canes another year (see first principle 

 above) and therefore : 



(5) At the third winter pruning, (a) of the canes 

 that bore fruit, only the three or four nearest the 

 main stem or trunk are left; (b) these are cut back 

 to eight or ten buds each, and (c) everything else 

 is ruthlessly cut away. 



The dotted portions of the grape vines indicate what should 

 be cut away: A, when setting; B, following winter; C, a 

 year later; D, each winter thereafter. 



Each succeeding year the same system is con- 

 tinued, care being taken to rub off, each May, buds 

 or sprouts starting on the main trunk or arms. 



The wood, in addition to being cut back, must 



