. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. /<^^ 295. A common but poor type of Kuiffin. from the upper cane soon cling to the lowerwire, and the shoots from both tiers of canesprotect each other below the lower wire. Thereare three serious disadvantages to this holdingup of the shoots,—it makes unnecessary labor,the canes are likely to make wood or bullcanes (see page 450) at the expense of fruit,and the fruit is bunched together on the true and successful Kniffin does not allow 468 AMERICAN GRAPE TRAINING, CONCLUDED th
. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. /<^^ 295. A common but poor type of Kuiffin. from the upper cane soon cling to the lowerwire, and the shoots from both tiers of canesprotect each other below the lower wire. Thereare three serious disadvantages to this holdingup of the shoots,—it makes unnecessary labor,the canes are likely to make wood or bullcanes (see page 450) at the expense of fruit,and the fruit is bunched together on the true and successful Kniffin does not allow 468 AMERICAN GRAPE TRAINING, CONCLUDED the growing shoots to run out on the wn-es inthis way (see page 464). Another common modification of the four-caneKnifiin is that shown in Fig. 296, in which acrotch or Y is made in the trunk. This crotchis used in the belief that the necessary sap sup- ^.^^-^P^^. ^pr^y,% 296. The Y-trunk Kuiffin.
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