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TREATMENT OF THE 



may be given up. As the Vines push for- 

 ward let them be carefully trained straight 

 up the wall, and if they reach the top let 

 them be stopped, also all claspers and late- 

 rals must be taken off agreeably to the 

 instructions for Vineries and stoves. 



First Year,- — Winter Pruning. — The Vines 

 must be cut down to three buds; also be 

 mulched, &c. as directed for Vineries or 

 stoves. 



As soon as the buds begin to burst the 

 following spring, a little fire heat must be 

 given, so as to make the Avail about new 

 milk warm, also if the weather be severe a 

 covering should be placed over them. The 

 woollen nets recommended for Peach and 

 Nectarine trees, are the most suitable for 

 this purpose. This covering as well as the 

 fire heat, must be continued so long as dan- 

 ger is feared from frost. 



If all three buds push shoots, let the two 

 uppermost be retained and rub the lowest 

 one off, and if there be any bunches of fruit 

 shewn, let them be pinched away. The 

 shoots must be trained horizontally for six 

 feet from the bole, one on each side; at that 

 distance the direction of the end of each 

 shoot must be changed, so that they may after- 

 wards run straight up the wall. After they 

 have pushed three feet in the erect posi- 

 tion, let about two feet be cut off the end 

 of each shoot, and when they push again 



