. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. THE GRAPE. 411 directions horizontally, to form the arms. As buds always tend to break into shoots soonest where bent back from an upright position, and also from the extremities or tips of the canes, these arms, if brought out straight, as in Fig. 556, will FIG. 556. produce shoots irregularly, the buds on the middle portions of the arms not breaking at all, while the others may have g^rown several inches. To prevent this difficulty, bend them in cur
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. THE GRAPE. 411 directions horizontally, to form the arms. As buds always tend to break into shoots soonest where bent back from an upright position, and also from the extremities or tips of the canes, these arms, if brought out straight, as in Fig. 556, will FIG. 556. produce shoots irregularly, the buds on the middle portions of the arms not breaking at all, while the others may have g^rown several inches. To prevent this difficulty, bend them in curves, as shown in Fig. 557—the middle portions being Fig. 557. highest will strike shoots equally with the other parts. As soon as these shoots are well under way, the arms may be brought into a straight horizontal position. If trained to the vertical wire trellis, each shoot should have its appropriate. Fig. ss8.—Bearing Vine. wire, and all others be rubbed off. If the horizontal wire trel- lis is used, each shoot should be tied to the second wire, as soon as it has grown sufficiently to reach it. When the young shoots have reached a few inches above the top of the trellis, they should be kept pinched back to this height, for the rest of the season. Each one will probably set two or three. 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 Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd
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