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into the soil early in the spring, and in autumn give it 
a muleh of coarse manure. If the leaves become too 
dense during the summer, remove some of them, and 
pinch off the ends of vines to adinit sunshine to the fruit. 
Fic. 104. Grapevines forming a Sercen for a Back Yard 
Pruning. Cut back the plants to three or four buds 
before planting. The next spring, before the sap begins 
to run, remove all but one stem and eut it back liberally. 
The second spring after planting, eut away all but two 
branches of the main stem, which will serve as the 
parent vines, from which laterals will grow and bear fruit. 
The grapes are always borne on new shoots. Hf the two 
branches should be very long, eut them back. The third 
