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{rouble upon this score, and the few single buds have each 

 jrodiJcecba strong cane suitable for fruiting ; we proceed to 

 3Ut back those that have fruited down to the arms— the 

 traall cross line near the base of each shows where they 

 ire to be cut. They are all supposed to have borne fruit, 

 ike the one at c ; and here we meet the same difficulty 

 hat we did with Bright's single-stem system ; that is, there 

 s no bud at the '^ase of the bearing canes to produce a 

 lew shoot ; but according to the rule laid down by the 

 idvocates of this system, we will cut them back and trust 

 ;o luck for another cane. The other four canes will now 

 hrow out their side branches and produce fruit ; and this 

 )rings us to the end of the third season : and unless some 

 )f the latent buds at the base of the previous season's 

 sanes have produced good strong new ones, which they 

 vill seldom do, our alternate renewal is run out. Variotis " 

 sxpedients will have to be resorted to in order to carry the 

 'ine successfully through even to the end of the third year 

 ifter the first pruning of the upright canes. In the first 

 )laoe, the buds at the base of the four-feet bearing canes 

 nil not push unless the canes are bent in 

 omo manner so as to check the flow of sap. 

 V. serpentine form is the one usually adopted 

 force out the lower buds. Fig. 95 shows 

 n upright cane bent in what is called the ser- 

 lentine form, in order to check the flow of sap 

 nd force out the bud on its entire length, 

 bd again, these upright canes will set more 

 ruit than they can mature, and a portion 

 f it, or of the buds themselves, when they 

 rst start, must be removed. But the great 

 iffioulty is that the vine is thrown out of bal- 

 noe, and the sap is drawn into the canes 

 rhere there is the greatest number of buds. 

 Yheve one cane has ten buds and the other but 

 ne, it is easy to see which will have the ad- rig. m. 



