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only are left on the rooted plant to supply the wood and the foliage 
which the vine will carry the first season of its growth. 
Trimming rooted vine before planting. 
PRUNING FOR Woop AND FoR FRUIT. 
Excessive wood crowth is detrimental to heavy bearing, but, on 
the other hand, excessive bearing checks the grewth of the plant. 
The art of pruning consists, in a great measure, in so balancing 
the bearing and the growing vigour of the plant that regular average 
crops are borne annually of good-sized, well-nourished and healthy 
fruit. ; 
The shoot from a bud is generally considered good for two 
bunches of grapes, and a good-sized vine growing under favourable 
conditions out in the field may be allowed from one to three dozen 
buds. These should be uniformly distributed, according to the 
system of training adopted, as symmetrically as possible over the 
vine, the stronger arms being allowed, according to their vigour, 
