42 VINES 
it makes them look stiff and formal; moreover, 
vines are not well adapted for this sort of 
treatment. 
Don’t cut vines as severely as you would 
trees or shrubs, as heavy pruning has a tendency 
to produce heavy, rank, unnatural growth. 
Just thin out the shoots if they are too crowded 
and tip the others back far enough to produce 
a good, healthy shoot — one that, when matured, 
will have advanced farther on the object on 
which it is trained than the shoot you removed 
would have done. 
All spring-flowering vines should be pruned 
immediately after the flowers fall. Not only 
should this not be overlooked, but it should be 
attended to at the first opportunity, as with 
this class of vines growth starts simultaneously 
with the falling of the flowers. Positively no 
tipping back should be done in early spring, 
as it merely removes a percentage of the flower- 
bearing wood. 
All summer and fall flowering vines should be 
pruned the first thing in the spring. Don’t 
neglect this work until the growth starts, and 
don’t do it before the winter is spent, as heavy 
weather will kill back a little all the stems which 
have been cut, leaving them rather unsightly. 
