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a plant Which, during the first summer, rose to 8 feel 
(not knowing then that it ought to have been check¬ 
ed at 4) but triniiBing it too late the next spring, 
it bled so abundantly, that the subsequent year it 
did not grow two feet^ notwithstanding the greatest 
care was bestowed upon it. October therefore ap¬ 
pears, unequivocally, the best season for pruning t 
In some places a little earlier, in others a little 
later, as difference of latitude, variation of climate 
and season may demand, At this season of the 
year the sap is beginning to descend—the wounded 
branch soon heals—and the severe frosts, which 
would prove dangerous, through the wound, are 
yet at a considerable distance. The branch should 
be cut down to two good eyes, not reckoning the 
lowermost next the old wood, which is called the 
dead eye. Or, if you please, you may leave several 
eyes, which will furnish yon, the subsequent 
spring, with a greater number of shoots, from which 
to select the tvjo. best. 
Having now pruned your vine, you are direct¬ 
ed, by some, to a practice, which I believe is not 
known among us, either in this city or New-York. 
It is as follows : Carefully remove the dirt about 
4 inches down, from about the vine, and cut away 
all the upper roots which appear above that depth. 
These are called day roots, and must be taken aw^ay 
every fall, the first three years. They should not 
be cut olF close to the body of the vine, but about a 
straw^s breadth from it, so they shall not be so apt 
