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TREATMENT OF THE 



away the laterals is, that the natural fruit 

 bearing buds are frequently injured by their 

 being left and pinched back once or twice 

 during summer, as is the practice of many 

 persons, so much so sometimes as to force the 

 natural buds in a wrong direction, or even 

 to destroy them by growing over. The rea- 

 son of laterals being retained and pinched 

 back as alluded to is, to prevent the natural 

 fruit buds from prematurely pushing; but if 

 the leading shoot be kept growing forward 

 as directed, the buds will not either prema- 

 turely break or be injured, on the contrary 

 will be a great deal bolder, and produce 

 much finer fruit the ensuing year. 



In pruning and training of Vines, I 

 practice two methods. Under the first, the 

 Vine produces its fruit principally upon spurs ; 

 but under the second, upon long shoots of 

 the year old wood. In pursuing the first 

 method I have a much greater number of 

 bunches upon the Vine, than in the latter; 

 but under the second method, the bunches 

 of fruit are considerably finer. 



The second method I consider the best to 

 adopt, when Vines are trained in a house 

 where there are Pine plants cultivated, be- 

 cause by it, a much greater portion of light 

 is admitted than can be done by spurring 

 the Vines. But when a house is principally 

 appropriated to the culture of the Vine, the 

 mode of spurring is most proper to be prac- 



