. Annual report of the Nebraska State Horticultural Society. Horticulture -- Nebraska. RECEIVING, PLANTING AND PRUNING. 179 To get a system in mind let us take a vine at the time of planting and discuss its training for the first three years. The first year one cane is allowed to grow from the permanent trunk. This is cut off at about 18 inches or 2 feet from the ground, or at the height of the lower wire of the trellis. The second year two canes only are allowed to grow from the top buds of this trunk. These canes are cut back to 2 to 4 feet, depending on variety and space, and placed on the
. Annual report of the Nebraska State Horticultural Society. Horticulture -- Nebraska. RECEIVING, PLANTING AND PRUNING. 179 To get a system in mind let us take a vine at the time of planting and discuss its training for the first three years. The first year one cane is allowed to grow from the permanent trunk. This is cut off at about 18 inches or 2 feet from the ground, or at the height of the lower wire of the trellis. The second year two canes only are allowed to grow from the top buds of this trunk. These canes are cut back to 2 to 4 feet, depending on variety and space, and placed on the lower wire of the trellis, one extending either way from the trunk. The third year from six to twelve shoots will come from these two canes, which should be fastened in a vertical position to the higher trellis wires, cutting them off even with the top wire. This constitutes the framework of the vine and thereafter the opera- tion consists of taking out the old canes annually and allowing the new shoots to take their places. Excepting the permanent trunk and the two horizontal arms the vine is renewed every other year. Each alternate upright cane should annually be cut down to a short spur near the arm and the other cut off even with the top wire of the trellis. One bud from this spur should be allowed to grow the following year. The above suggestions can not always be carried out essentially as given, because the grower must be governed to a certain extent by the variety, the form of trellis used, the space to be occupied by each vine and other local conditions. The ideal vine should be kept in mind, how- ever, and the pruning should be done to make the vines conform as nearly as is practical. The illustrations used in this article were copied from Farmers' Bulletin No. 156, United States Department of Agriculture. ') •-- \ ^ iK — ' —w& 1 1 ..^ i. ^f^m^^^^:.^;^^m^^^:^'^4:W^'^ Fig. 4.—Vine with fruit, fall of fourth year. RECEIVING, PLANTING AND PRUNING. C. G. Marsh
Size: 1922px × 1301px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., boo, bookcollectionbiodiversity, bookcollectionnybotanicalgarden
