. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year ... the/n«7 dependswholly on healthy, well developed leaves, which supply food to the form-ing berries, and hence the growth must not be allowed to become so thickthat the leaves cannot properly develope themselves, nor should the vinesbe trimmed so closely that there shall not be leaves enough for the perfec-tion of the fruit. These two facts must be always borne in mind by thosewho would raise the best grapes. These being understood, we now pro-ceed to the details of pruning. First Year. When a viae is fir
. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year ... the/n«7 dependswholly on healthy, well developed leaves, which supply food to the form-ing berries, and hence the growth must not be allowed to become so thickthat the leaves cannot properly develope themselves, nor should the vinesbe trimmed so closely that there shall not be leaves enough for the perfec-tion of the fruit. These two facts must be always borne in mind by thosewho would raise the best grapes. These being understood, we now pro-ceed to the details of pruning. First Year. When a viae is first procured from the nursery in spring,it is usually furnished with several irregular shoots of the previous sum-mers growth, resembling fig. 2. These should be all closely pruned to1 the older wood, leaving only the strongest, and this should be cut back soA as to leave but two or three buds, fig. 3. These buds will grow, and whenm, only a few inches in length, the strongest shoot must be selected, and the/: others rubbed off. This single shoot is allowed to grow till about the first. Fie. 1.—VlNK IN BEABTNG PORTION REPRESENTING THE BEARING BRANCHES I EnD OF FROM THE SIDES OF A LAST YAERS VINE Fig. of sec-ond SUMMER. of autumn. After this period, the new leaves and wood that are formed,cannot mature perfectly, and their growth will be in some degree at theexpense of the matterforming in the previous portion of the shoot. Itsgrowth should be therefore stopped by pinching off the end. This willassist in maturing and strengthening the vine. Any side-shoots thatap{)ear during the summer, or any smaller shoots that happen to springup from the stump, should be kept rubbed off as fast as they appear, asthey withdraw and divide the nourishment received from the roots. Second Year. The single strong shoot made the first year, (fig. 4,)should be cut down to three or four buds, only two shoots from whichshould be allowed to grow, the others being rubbed oft, and the lateralshoot
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