. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. in winter, and in-sures excellent fruit because the amount of bear-. 311. Munson trainingEnd view. 480 AMERICAN GRAPE TRAINING, CONCLUDED Hg wood is small; but the crop produced isnot large enough to satisf}^ the demands of mostgrape growers. The Munson system.—An unique system oftraining, upon the Kniffin principle, has been de-vised by T. V. Munson, of Denison, Texas, awell-known authority upon grapes.* Two postsare set in the same hole, their tops wire is stretched along the
. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. in winter, and in-sures excellent fruit because the amount of bear-. 311. Munson trainingEnd view. 480 AMERICAN GRAPE TRAINING, CONCLUDED Hg wood is small; but the crop produced isnot large enough to satisf}^ the demands of mostgrape growers. The Munson system.—An unique system oftraining, upon the Kniffin principle, has been de-vised by T. V. Munson, of Denison, Texas, awell-known authority upon grapes.* Two postsare set in the same hole, their tops wire is stretched along the top of these posts,and a third one is hung between them on cross-wires. The trunk of the vine, or its head, issecured to this middle lower wire and the shootslop over the side wires. The growth, therefore,makes a V-shaped or trough-like mass of herb-age. Fig. 311 is an end view of this trellis,showing the short wire connecting the posts, andwhich also holds the middle trellis-wire at thepoint of the V. Fig. 312 is a side view of thetrellis. The bearing canes, two or four in num-ber, which are left after the annual pruning, aretied along this middle wire. The main t
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