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directions horizontally, to form the arms. As buds always 

 tend to break into shoots soonest where bent back from an 

 upright position, and also from the extremities or tips of the 

 canes, these arms, if brought out straight, as in Fig. 556, will 



FIG. 556. 



produce shoots irregularly, the buds on the middle portions 

 of the arms not breaking at all, while the others may have 

 g^rown several inches. To prevent this difficulty, bend them 

 in curves, as shown in Fig. 557— the middle portions being 



Fig. 557. 



highest will strike shoots equally with the other parts. As 

 soon as these shoots are well under way, the arms may be 

 brought into a straight horizontal position. If trained to the 

 vertical wire trellis, each shoot should have its appropriate 



Fig. ss8.— Bearing Vine. 



wire, and all others be rubbed off. If the horizontal wire trel- 

 lis is used, each shoot should be tied to the second wire, as 

 soon as it has grown sufficiently to reach it. When the young 

 shoots have reached a few inches above the top of the trellis, 

 they should be kept pinched back to this height, for the rest 

 of the season. Each one will probably set two or three 



