12 THE VINE-DRESSEK'S MANUAL. 



Marked No. 11 are the " Buds," or " Eyes" at the 

 joints, which if round and perfect, and hence promising 

 a good harvest, are called "Fruit Buds," (Frucht 

 Augen,) and if pointed and meagre — " Wood Buds" 

 (Holz Augen.) Out of the "buds" grow " SJioots," 

 (Euthen,) which, when green, are tied up to the stake, 

 and when matured are called " Wood." 



From the " Wood" grow the " Leaves" which afford 

 the requisite shade, and perform an all-important part 

 in the nourishment of the vine and in the growth and 

 ripening of the fruit. 



Very near the buds spring forth those smaller 

 branches, which I will call " twigs," which in literal 

 translation of the German I might call "cross- teeth," 

 (Aber Zahn.) 



Immediately opposite to the " Leaves," grow out of 

 the same buds the " Grapes" — and where there are no 

 grapes there will be found those little fibrous twigs 

 called " Tendrils," which are a convenient appendage 

 to the grapevine ; with them they twine themselves 

 to objects near them, maintaining thereby their fruit 

 and branches above ground, even in a wild state — an 

 indication which practical vine-dressers have not failed 

 to follow. Very often, too, after the grape has par- 

 tially grown, the fruit gradually disappears, or " runs 

 out," into these little "cord-twigs," or tendrils, and 

 through this operation very often a crop very promis- 



