172 On a new Mode of training Vines. 



and the branches that are to bear fruit the succeeding year : 

 Secondly, to take off the top of each branch bearing fruit, the 

 third joint above the uppermost bunch, except such branches 

 as are destined to bear fruit the next year, which latter must 

 be duly exposed, and by no means topped ; for if the sap is 

 checked in these, many of their buds will burst the same 

 season, and the fruit for next year be destroyed : Thirdly, to 

 take off all collaterals as they arise, and any shoots, which 

 though laid in for fruit, turn out unproductive, that the 

 whole strength of the tree may be properly applied. The 

 better to explain the manner in which this is to be effected, 

 I must refer you to the annexed drawings, for the present 

 saying nothing as to soil, and other matters. 



Let a stock be properly planted, so as to produce three 

 shoots of sufficient strength and age for bearing, and this 

 will be considerably forwarded by rubbing off all but three 

 buds early in the spring, and keeping down all collaterals, 

 &c. during the summer ; fastening the branches occasionally, 

 so that they may not be topped. In October or November, 

 these branches should be cut and nailed, as in Plate V 7 III. 

 Fig. A, the branches 1 and 2 to be left from three to twelve 

 feet according to the strength of the plant, the middle branch 

 to be shortened to three strong buds only. The following 

 year each bud may be expected to throw out shoots bearing 

 two bunches of grapes, and present the Tig. A. 2. All the 

 branches should be fastened until about Midsummer, when 

 those branches marked P should be topped, two joints above 

 the uppermost bunch, and those marked O, which are seven, 

 should be fastened as they grow, and carried on in the 

 most exposed part ; then the bearers being topped, and all 



