. Biggle berry book [microform] : small fruit facts from bud to box conserved into understandable form. Fruit-culture. STRINCilNG WIKK, AM) IT WITH A BLOCK AMJ TACKLE it pleases the first season. Then, the next February ^"^ '^-^^^ the best cane to about four "eyes" or I)uds.' and cut off any other canes en- tirely ; when these buds commence to .^row, rub off all but the two strono-- est shoots, and, as they crrow, tie them to the wire <. 1 ^, , of a trellis or to a stake. The third year's prunin- will depend some- what upon what system of trainin.,r you decide up
. Biggle berry book [microform] : small fruit facts from bud to box conserved into understandable form. Fruit-culture. STRINCilNG WIKK, AM) IT WITH A BLOCK AMJ TACKLE it pleases the first season. Then, the next February ^"^ '^-^^^ the best cane to about four "eyes" or I)uds.' and cut off any other canes en- tirely ; when these buds commence to .^row, rub off all but the two strono-- est shoots, and, as they crrow, tie them to the wire <. 1 ^, , of a trellis or to a stake. The third year's prunin- will depend some- what upon what system of trainin.,r you decide upon • here. Ihe Kniftcn system is one often used- it consists in trainin^r the vine so that it has four horizontal side or main branches, two on each side one above another, tied to two wires; the first wire may be about three feet hi<,rh, the second about five feet. There are several other methods of ,- grapes —some recjuirino^ only one wire, some three wires, and some merely a stake or post for each vine. The main thin<r is to tie up and sup- port the vines in any con- venient way — on wires, posts, arbors, trellises, build- ^^^''^-^no a stketchhu wiki; IN PLACE. THK CiRAI'K 99 ings, walls, or fences — and then cut out the new wood each year down to two buds on each shoot. Every grape-grower should send to the Secretary, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, I). C.,' ask for Farmers' Bulletins Nos. 156 and 284, and learn all the facts about the various pruning systems and methods of culture. These, together with the infor- mation and helpful photo-engravings contained in this chapter, should give you all the facts necessary to successful grape-growing. If you live in the South, ask for Farmers' Bulletin No. 118, entitled "(;rape Culture in the ; The secrets of pruning are as follows : Remember that the fruit of the grape is produced on spring shoots which come from buds on last season's wood-growth. To leave too many of these buds
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