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nourished bunches. In such localities it may be advisable to make 
up for the low fertility of the basal buds of the canes by multi- 
plying the number of spurs. 
Prune, short: Alicante, Aramon, Aspiran, Black Hamburgh, 
Belas Blanco, Black Malaga, Carignane, Chasselas, Cinsault 
(Oeillade, Blue Imperial, or Grand Turk), Clairette, Cornichon, 
Currants, Doleetto, Doradillo, Duke of Buccleugh, Early Green, 
Frontignan, Folle Blanche, Gamay, Gouais, Grenache, Lady’s 
Finger, Mataro, Morastel, the Muscats (one or two buds only), 
Pedro Ximenes, Palomino Blanco, Red Prince, Royal Ascot, 
Semillon, Santa Paula, Sweetwater, Trebbiano, Verdelho, Wortley 
Hall, Zante Currant (when cinctured), Zinfandel. 
Prune long: Cabernet, Centennial, Crystal, Cornelian 
(Quick’s Seedling), Early White Malvasia (Lignan), Gros Colman, 
Malbec, Merlot, Ohanez (Almeria), Pinot, Raisin des Dames, Ries- 
ling, Roussanne (White Hermitage), Sauvignon Blane, Shiraz, Sul- 
tana, Tokay (Green Hungarian), Verdot, Verdelho. 
Prune hulf-long: Any of the above sorts if not growing very 
strongly, and more particularly, Black Prince, Frontignan, Malaga 
(black and red), Currants, Chasselas, Red Muscatel, Waltham Cross. 
Metuyops or TRAINING. 
As I have already pointed out, training is merely a matter of 
convenience. The numerous methods followed may be reduced and 
grouped under two types: 
1. Vines growing upright, with or without stalks 
2. Vines trained on horizont:l wires or trellises. 
First Group: Vines trained upright—To this group belong 
the Gooseberry Bush, or “Goblet” shape vines, trained according to 
this method, and of the class that require short pruning. The 
single stem, sturdy and straight, having been formed, a fork of 
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Bush vine after pruning. (Foex.) 
: SS aR 
Bush vine after second 
pruning. (Ioex.) 
