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extent at which the Vines are to be trained 

 be as much as seventeen or eighteen feet, let 

 the leading shoot be pruned so that it may 

 have a regular proportion left each year, and 

 so as to reach one foot from the top of the 

 house at the fourth winter pruning. At 

 which length the Vine must in future be al- 

 lowed to bear fruit. Any loose bark which 

 there may be upon the Vine at winter pru- 

 ning, must be peeled off. Also the Vines must 

 be anointed with the proper composition. 

 (See Index.) 



After this is done, the Vines must be 

 brought down to an horizontal position as 

 before. The bringing down of the Vines to 

 this direction must be attended to so long 

 as they will admit of it, as it greatly as- 

 sists the regular breaking of the buds at 

 spring. The directions given for forcing are 

 those proper to be pursued in every succeed- 

 ing year. 



When the buds upon the spurs, a, a, a, 

 have broken, and shew good bunches of fruit, 

 one only must be left to each shoot. If the 

 uppermost bud does not shew fruit, let it be 

 taken entirely aw r ay; but if the uppermost 

 bud shews fruit and the lowest one does not, 

 both of them must be retained. 



The directions already given for stopping 

 the shoots, taking away claspers, laterals, &c. 

 must be attended to in every succeeding 

 year. 



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