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ip-N THE MANAGEMENT 



The leaves of the young shoots generally stand 

 single at the first, second, third, and, in some 

 kinds, at the fourth and fifth joints, and afterwards 

 form in pairs, either with bunches or tendrils. 

 And what is very remarkable, and differs from the 

 ordinary course of nature in other soils of fruit, 

 is, that the bunch is produced from the side of the 

 shoot opposite to the leaf, and comes out from the 

 naked part thereof, being neither connected with 

 the leaf, nor the eye, nor the rudiment of either. 

 The bunches appear at the third, fourth, fifth, and 

 sixth joints: from the sixth forward, the leaves 

 form in pairs with the tendrils. When Vines have 

 been very vigorous, and exceedingly prolific, I 

 have sometimes seen bunches at the seventh, eighth, 

 and once at the ninth joint ; but an instance of 

 this last is very rare. 



When Vines show bunches plentifully, it often 

 induces the person intrusted with their manage- 

 ment to leave too abundant a crop ; but this tempt- 

 ation should be withstood, as a few bunches in a 

 high state of perfection, are preferable to numbers 

 in a less : besides, the future success of the Vines 

 depends much on a judicious management in this 

 particular : therefore, in case the shoots, which 

 are pruned to about twenty-two feet, should show 

 two or three bunches at almost every eye, which 

 they will frequently do, not more than nine or ten 

 of the young shoots should be permitted to stand, 

 viz. the leading or top shoot, and four or five on 

 each vside ; and the shoots that remain should be 



