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on the bare wood "of the spur, and prune back on that, 

 in the autumn, to one eye. 



Another plan of spur- pruning, which is. recommended 

 to be practised, when the object desired is to grow large 

 bnnches, and the regularity and neatness of the vine are 

 not considered, is to prune the shoot at any length, cut- 

 ting so as to leave a full, strong eye at the end, for fruit- 

 ing ; all the intervening eyes, excepting the one at the 

 base, are to be pruned out ; this is to be grown for fruit- 

 ing the next season, and is to he pruned, at the autumn 

 trimming, at the prominent eye ; the shoot which has 

 fruited, and all the back wood on the spur, should be cut 

 out entirely. 



Still another method of spur-pruning, when the object 

 is large bunches, as above, is to have four or five spurs 

 only, on each side of the cane, fruiting, each year, the 

 alternate spur ; the cane on every other spur is to be 

 pruned back to one eye, and the alternate cane to two or 

 three feet, and five or six bunches allowed to ripen on 

 each ; the cane which ripened the crop the first year, 

 must now, at the fail pruning, be cut back to one eye, 

 and the cane which is to fruit the coming season, should 

 be pruned to two or three feet. 



These are several of the most approved and generally 

 adopted systems of training the grape. Whatever-meth- 

 od is used, should be persevered in for several years ; 

 constantly changing from one system to another is bad, 

 and the result will be unsatisfactory. 



If the border has been well made, and the vines have 



