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ON THE VlNEftY. 



in the spring, is, in general, very suitable for mulch - 

 ing. This should be laid to the distance of two 

 feet every way from the stem of the plant, and to - 

 the thickness of three or four inches. A little 

 very rotten dung may be thinly spread all over the 

 border. This completes the business of the first 

 season. 



As the Vines will require the same management 

 the succeeding year, a repetition of these directions 

 will be unnecessary. 



The principals must again be trained with two 

 shoots only from each plant, and the Vines at the 

 rafters with one shoot each, the same as in the pre- 

 ceeding season. The temporary plants will pro- 

 bably show much fruit, but all the bunches should 

 be pinched off as soon as they appear, because the 

 Vines would require a different management, in 

 order to ripen the grapes, which would hardly be 

 worth the additional expense of fuel, &c. Besides, 

 the Vines will not make near so great a progress, 

 if the fruit should be permitted to remain. 



If no unforeseen accident happens, the Vines 

 will, in general, make extraordinary strong wood 

 the second season, and the shoots may, in general, 

 be suffered to grow almost to the top of the wall 

 before they are stopped. 



The second year's pruning must be performed 

 very differently from that of the preceding one 5 

 the shoots of the principals must all be brought 

 down to an horizontal position, and pruned in such 



