. The cultivation of the native grape, and manufacture of American wines. Viticulture; Wine and wine making. 64 CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. leader is to be pinched oiF. We now come to the next spur, on the opjDosite side, where we also leave one cane to grow unchecked, and pinch off the other. We now go over all the shoots coming from the arms or laterals tied to the trellis, and also pinch them beyond the last bunch. Should any of the buds have pushed out two shoots, we rub off the weakest; we also take off all bar- ren or weak shoots. If any of them are not sufficiently developed we pass them over
. The cultivation of the native grape, and manufacture of American wines. Viticulture; Wine and wine making. 64 CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. leader is to be pinched oiF. We now come to the next spur, on the opjDosite side, where we also leave one cane to grow unchecked, and pinch off the other. We now go over all the shoots coming from the arms or laterals tied to the trellis, and also pinch them beyond the last bunch. Should any of the buds have pushed out two shoots, we rub off the weakest; we also take off all bar- ren or weak shoots. If any of them are not sufficiently developed we pass them over, and go over the vines again, in a few days after the first i^ Fig. 11. This early pinching of the shoot has a tendency to throw all the vigor into the development of the young bunch, and the leaves remaining on the shoot, which now grow with astonishing rapidity. It is a gentle checking, and leading the sap into other channels; not the violent process which is often followed long after the bloom, when the wood has become so hardened that it must be cut with a knife, and by which the plant is robbed of a large quantity of its leaves, to the injury of both fruit and vine. Let any. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Husmann, George, 1827-1902. New York, Geo. E. & F. W. Woodward
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