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respect as directed for those which pushed 

 vigorously the first year after being planted. 



Second Year. — J} inter Pruning. — Let the 

 leading shoot of those Vines which produced 

 fruit be shortened, so that six feet of the 

 wood made last summer be left, as Fig. 3. a. 

 The lowest shoot must be pruned down to 

 four feet, as b, which will be opposite to 

 where the leading shoot was cut to the first 

 winter pruning. By shortening the shoots 

 as here directed, all the buds will generally 

 push strong shoots, and shew good bunches 

 of fruit the spring following; whereas if they 

 had been left two or three feet longer, it 

 would be uncertain whether some of the 



Fig. 3. 



buds at the lower part would push shoots, 

 which if they did, would be weakly. But 

 every desired advantage both as to fruit and 

 wood is obtained, by pursuing the directions 

 given. All those lateral shoots which pro- 



