252 Account of a Method of Managing Vines, #c. 



In the fourth summer a full crop was produced both in 

 the upper and lower half of the house ; the longer shoot D 

 bore its bunches on the upper half of its length, and it was 

 not suffered to extend itself by a leading shoot ; the shorter 

 shoot C bore its bunches on its whole length, and extended 

 itself by a leading shoot to the top of the house ; the spur E 

 was suffered to become a shoot, extending a few joints be- 

 yond half the length of the rafter ; and from the bottom of 

 the old wood a weaker shoot, as before, was trained, to be- 

 come the foundation of the lower shoot of the next season. 



