. The culture of the grape. Viticulture. CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 51 lowed to ripen on each; the cane which ripened the crop the first year must now, at the fall pruning, be cut back to one eye, and the cane which is to fruit the coming season should be pruned to two or three feet. These are several of the most approved and generally adopted systems of training the grape. Whatever method is used should be persevered in for several years; constantly changing from one system to another is bad, and the result will be unsatisfactory. If the border has been well made, and the vines have never been ove
. The culture of the grape. Viticulture. CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 51 lowed to ripen on each; the cane which ripened the crop the first year must now, at the fall pruning, be cut back to one eye, and the cane which is to fruit the coming season should be pruned to two or three feet. These are several of the most approved and generally adopted systems of training the grape. Whatever method is used should be persevered in for several years; constantly changing from one system to another is bad, and the result will be unsatisfactory. If the border has been well made, and the vines have never been overcropped, and the temperature of the house, with the thinning of the ber- ries, and summer pruning of the shoots have been prop- erly attended to, crops of fine grapes can be had from vines pruned in any of the methods described. The plan recommended in page 20, is considered the most simple,. a, are the fruiting spurs. b) the spurs on which the shoots are growing for the next Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Allen, J. Fiske. Boston, Dutton and Wentworth, printers
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