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Transplanting, 



Either the spring or autumn answer for transplanting 

 vines, but the latter is the preferable season. In re- 

 moving the vines it is necessary to keep the roots moist 

 from the time they are taken up until replanted, Lefe 

 the holes he dug eighteen inches deep, and some well 

 rotted stable manure be incorporated with the earth 

 that is tilled in around them, and letthem be watered as 

 aoon as they are planted* 



Pruning* 



About the first week in November it will be neces- 

 sary to prune the vines ; if they are quite young, the 

 branches of the same season's growth should be trimmed 

 down to about four buds, but, as the vines advance in 

 age and size, the number of buds to be left may be in- 

 creased, and when the vines are quite strong, some of 

 the most vigorous shoots may be left from four to six 

 feet in length 5 observing always in pruning to propor* 

 tion the number of buds left to the strength of the shoot* 

 In the spring manyunnecessary shoots will be produced, 

 which must be rubbed off, as they would exhaust the 

 vine, and lessen the quantity and quality of the fruit ; 

 indeed, care should be taken to rub offall such buds as 

 are unnecessary to furnish bearing shoots for the ensu«* 

 ing year, and to lop off such lateral branches as would 

 tend to draw the sustenance from the main shoots. 



Training. 



Lattice fences, five feet high, and at a distance of sis; 

 fcet from each other, answer extremely well for vines, 

 which should he planted along them at the distance of 

 six feet asunder. On these fences the shoots should be 

 trained in a horizontal or oblique direction, and each 

 branch singly, so as to allow the air to pass freely 

 through, and cause the wood to ripen well, on which 



