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we now Lave twenty-four, and allowing three bunches of 

 fruit to each, it gives seventy-two bunches to each vine, and 

 this is not an over-estimate for the product . 

 of a vine the fourth year after planting. 



The canes are to be treated the same, 

 as regards stopping, pinching, laterals, 

 etc., during each year of their growth. 



Fig. 45 shows a vine at the end of the 

 fourth year, but with only five spurs with 

 two canes on each, making ten bearing 

 canes on each arm. The first two canes 

 at the right hand of the center are repre- 

 sented with the three bunches of fruit 

 upon each. The cross lines near the base 

 of the shoots show where the vine is to 

 be pruned at the end of the fourth year. 

 The uppermost of the two canes is cut 

 entirely away, and the other is cut back 

 to two buds. 



, Fig. 46 shows this same vine as it ap- 



I pears after being pruned. The vine in suh- 



i sequent years is to be pruned in the same 



I manner. Fig. 47 shows a portion of the arm 



■ with the base of the upright shoot or spur, 



as it is called. The cross line shows where 



the upper cane is to be cut away. Each 



year the pruning should be reversed if the 



position of the lower bud wiU admit of it. 



That is, if we cut away the left-hand cane 



this season, as shown in the last figure, 



then we should cut away the righ^hand 



cane the next ; in this way the spur will 



remain nearly upright. But sometimes 



the lower bud wiU be on the outside of 



the shoot which we wish to keep for the 



fruit spur. Fig. 48 shows a spur with the 



Fig. 46. 



