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to eight or ten buds — and we have prepared for the 

 first crop of fruit, about forty bunches, as the fruit- 

 ing cane from each bud will bear two bunches on 

 the average. However these main arms will not 

 bear fruiting-canes another year (see first principle 

 above) and therefore: 



(5) At the third winter pruning, (a) of the canes 

 that bore fruit, only the three or four nearest the 

 main stem or trunk are left; (b) these are cut back 

 to eight or ten buds each, and (c) everything else 

 is ruthlessly cut away. 



A B C D 



The dotted portions of the grape vines indicate what should 

 be cut away: A, when setting-; B, following winter; C, a 

 year later; D, each winter thereafter. 



Each succeeding year the same system is con- 

 tinued, care being taken to rub off, each May, buds 

 or sprouts starting on the main trunk or arms. 



The wood, in addition to being cut back, must 



