Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the .. session of the Legislature of the State of California . eloping in the horizontal direction of the young stock. At Chissay they begin to prune the vine in the month of December,and continue it until February. The principal object in view, duringthe first years, is to strengthen the stock, in order to obtain vigorousnew wood. Hence, the very year the vineyard is plant-ed the new cane is topped, so as to leave only two orthree eyes above ground (Fig. 12). First Pruning. The vine is one year old, and we it wasalready rooted wh
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the .. session of the Legislature of the State of California . eloping in the horizontal direction of the young stock. At Chissay they begin to prune the vine in the month of December,and continue it until February. The principal object in view, duringthe first years, is to strengthen the stock, in order to obtain vigorousnew wood. Hence, the very year the vineyard is plant-ed the new cane is topped, so as to leave only two orthree eyes above ground (Fig. 12). First Pruning. The vine is one year old, and we it wasalready rooted when planted. In pruning, all thenew wood of the first year is cut off short, only onecane being reserved—the most vigorous and the near-est the ground—which is topped so as to leave onlyone or two eyes. Thus(Fig. 13) the cane Awill be chosen, whichwill be pruned at the work is pro-ceeded with until thestock issufliciently vig- Young vine supported QrOUS tO pUt fortll CaUCS ^ by H prop. ^1^^^^^ ^j^^,gg ^gg^ ^ Young vine lying on the ground. That the method of pruning may be perfectly understood, each of. Fig. U.
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