THE VINE 



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Summer Treatment. — Carefully stop sub-laterals and secure the main 

 shoot to the trellis as it grows, and when 9 or 10 feet long it should be 

 stopped, as advised in notes 

 on the first year's treatment. 

 This will soon cause other 

 shoots to form, which must 

 be treated as advised for 

 spur - laterals. Watering, 

 ventilation, and moisture in 

 the atmosphere must have 

 due attention at all times, 

 as directed before ; at the 

 end of the second year the 

 young vine will have filled 

 the roof with healthy and 

 luxurious foliage and sturdy, 

 strong canes. With refer- 

 ence to tying down the 



young shoots of the vine, \_ V_ ^is 



a word of caution is neces- ^- " "^ 

 sary to impress upon the 

 beginner to be careful never 

 to tie them to the trellis 

 tightly, for when first 

 secured they are only par- 

 tially developed, and the 

 further swelling of the 

 shoot will cause the mat- 

 ting, or whatever is used 

 for tying, to sink into it, 

 often destroying the bark ; 

 this should be remembered 

 when tying is done. 



Vine on Roof Trellis at Third Winter Pruning 



{k) Point of pruning stem previous winter; (/) points of second 

 pruning ; (m) points of third pruning, or current year's winter 

 pruning ; {n) {o) bearing shoots (that in preceding summer 

 each bore a bunch of grapes, were stopped two joints beyond 

 fruit, and laterals pinched to each leaf as made) cut back to 

 one bud, the object being to keep spurs close to rod ; (/) lead- 

 ing growth or cane on which laterals have been pinched to one 

 joint as made, and shown properly cut off ; (?) buds cut out ; 

 (r) point of shortening cane, the dotted line indicates continua- 

 tion growth the following year ; (s) buds from which bearing 

 shoots issue, and ultimately form spurs, when pruned, at 

 opposite sides of the vine, about 18 inches distance apart on 

 each side. 



The Third Year. 



We have now come to 

 the end of the second year's 

 growth, and the routine of 

 work for the third year 

 will necessarily be followed 

 more or less on the lines 

 previously recommended. 

 Pruning must be com- 

 pleted as soon as the vines have lost their leaves. The side shoots (spurs) 

 should be cut back to two buds ; one would be enough, but it is preferable 



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