Object: Fresh red or purple grapes or stickers

Good morning, boys and girls. While I was living in New Zealand, I was provided a home for the length of my stay that had beautiful gardens around it. I was asked to care for the gardens by the home owner. Beside the garage there was a nice grapevine. Since it was springtime, the fruit was beginning to form on the vine. As I had little experience with growing grapes in the past, I had to be instructed in how to tend the vines. (The locale and the experience may be varied to fit your experience.)

I saw lots of new little shoots along the vine and a couple of long new growth areas. I was surprised to be told that I needed to cut or pull these new pieces of growth off the vine. If t…