. English gardener. 20S 8. [CHAP. r^vsjl**^!^. The first year of its being a vine, after the leaves are off andbefore pruning, is exhibited in fig. 2. The same years vine,pruned in February, is exhibited in fig. 3. The vine, in its nextsummer, is exhibited, with shoots, leaves, and (/rapes, in fig. measured your distances, put in a cutting at each placewhere there is to be a vine, leaving above ground only two jointsor buds. From these will come two shoots, perhaps ; and, if twocome, rub off the top one and leave the bottom one, and, inwinter, cut off the bit of dead wood
. English gardener. 20S 8. [CHAP. r^vsjl**^!^. The first year of its being a vine, after the leaves are off andbefore pruning, is exhibited in fig. 2. The same years vine,pruned in February, is exhibited in fig. 3. The vine, in its nextsummer, is exhibited, with shoots, leaves, and (/rapes, in fig. measured your distances, put in a cutting at each placewhere there is to be a vine, leaving above ground only two jointsor buds. From these will come two shoots, perhaps ; and, if twocome, rub off the top one and leave the bottom one, and, inwinter, cut off the bit of dead wood, which will in thiscase, stand above the bottom shoot. Choose, however, theupper one to remain, if the lower one be very weak. Or, a betterway is, to put in two or three cuttings within an inch of eachother, leaving only one bud to each out of ground, and takingaway in the fall, the cuttings that send up the weakest object is to get one good shoot, coming out as near to theground as possible. This shoot vou tie to an upright stick, lettingit g
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