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464. QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Juxx, 1898, 
LONG PRUNING. 
Until a vine is two years old, it should be pruned to one spur with two or 
three eyes. In some Queensland soils, where the young vine shows great vigour 
and vegetation, three eyes should be left to carry off the sap; the third year 
the plant will be as represented by Fig. 1. To initiate long pruning, the upper 
cane should be removed, as shown by the dotted line A, and the lowest 
with six eyes and arched down to the wire or to the stake, as in ire ee howe 
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shortened to two eyes at B, to form the wood-spur; the fruit-branch C is left 
following season the vine will present the appearance of Fig. 8; if it is trained 
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on wire, the whole of the branch that bore fruit must be pruned away close to 
the stock and two of the best canes from the wood-spur chosen —one to be arched 
down for fruit-bearing, as before, and the other pruned to two eyes for next 
Season’s wood. Once the vive has been started on this system the pruning ig 
easily understood and quickly accomplished, but to bring vines that Jiave been 
improperly pruned under this system will require judgment and loss of time. 
Ina year or two, if the soil is fertile, and the young vine shows vigour, the 
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