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PRUOTNG. 



eyes, and one shoot only trained np. Side shoots and 

 suckers are pinched off during the summer ; and in Sep- 

 tember these canes are stopped as before, and no fruit is 

 allowed. 



Third Year, — ^We have now two strong canes with 

 wliich we commence the frame-work of the vin^e: £ach 

 of these is cut back at the winter pruning to vrithin two 

 or three feet of its base, and laid in, as in fig. 125, and 

 fastened to the lower horizontal bar of the trellis. The 



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Fig. 125. 



Grape vine at the beginning of the second year. The arms shortened ate, 

 a, 6, etc., are buds. 



bud on the end of each at will produce a shoot to con- 

 tinue the j)rolongment in a horizontal direction, and a 

 bud («) on the upper side of each will produce a shoot to 

 be trained to one of the upright bars — the first one on its 

 division, or half of its trellis ; all others are rubbed off, ot 

 the buds cut out. Thus each of these arms produces two 

 shoots — an upright and a horizontal one. During the 

 'Summer, these shoots are carefully tied in as required, 

 and side shoots and suckers pinched off when they ap- 

 pear. They are also topped in September, as before. 



Fourth year. — Each of last year's shoots is cut back 

 to within three feet of its base. It may be necessary 

 to cut the horizontal ones closer than the upright ones, to 

 obtain another strong upright shoot. The two upright 

 canes already established, will produce a shoot from their 

 tops, to continue their extension upw^ards, and the hori- 

 zontal ones, as before, produce a shoot at the point to be 

 carried outwards, and one on the top to be trained up to 

 one of the upright bars. This year, several frait shoots 



