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When the grape vine commences to sprout again, only the strongest 

 shoot must be allowed to grow to form the permanent vine; all small 

 shoots must be cut off, see figure 2. 



This shoot must be kept trained straight or if the vine gets incon- 

 veniently long it should be very gradually turned as a sharp bend in 

 1 f e #Ti C , k the flow of sa P be 3' ond the bend and over feed one 



A l! - P to the detriment of the other. 



As the vine grows, it will send out side branches, which should have 

 tne points pinched out as soon as they have made two or three leaves 

 as snewn m figure 3, and as they shoot out afresh, the points should 



be again removed. But on no account allow the point of the main 

 growth to be touched or interfered with in any way. Try to make the 

 vine grow as long as possible, it will get stout of its own accord. Cover 

 the roots over with rotten cow manure or stable manure a foot thick if 

 possible. Two weeks after pruning a thorough soaking of water must 



