. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. em, under the name of Improved Kniffin,is just coming into notice in restricted portionsof the Hudson Valley. The two-cane Kniffin, or ibibrella sys-tem.—Inasmuch as the greater part of the fruitin the Four-Cane Kniffin is borne on the upperwire, the question arises if it would not be betterto dispense with the lower canes and cut the upperones longer. This is now done to a considerableextent, especially in the Hudson Valley. Fig. 305explains the operation. This shows a prunedvine. The trun
. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. em, under the name of Improved Kniffin,is just coming into notice in restricted portionsof the Hudson Valley. The two-cane Kniffin, or ibibrella sys-tem.—Inasmuch as the greater part of the fruitin the Four-Cane Kniffin is borne on the upperwire, the question arises if it would not be betterto dispense with the lower canes and cut the upperones longer. This is now done to a considerableextent, especially in the Hudson Valley. Fig. 305explains the operation. This shows a prunedvine. The trunk is tied to the lower wire tosteady it, and two canes, each bearing from nineto fifteen buds, are left on the upper canes are tied to the upper wire, and thej^are then bent down, hoop-like, to the lower wire,where the ends are tied. In some instances, thelower wire is dispensed with, but this is not ad-visable. This wire holds the vine in place againstthe winds, and prevents the too violent whippingof the hanging shoots. During the growing sea- *H. p. Van Duseii, in Pop. Gard. iii.
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