. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 412 THE GRAPE. bunches of fruit, and if the canes are strong enough, these may be allowed to remain and ripen, and will present in autumn the appearance shown in Fig. 558, or as in Fig. 559 after the leaves have fallen. If the vine is intended to be laid down and slightly covered for winter, the pruning may be dgne at any time after the fall of the leaf. Or if it is desired to use the wood that is cut away for propagating new vines, the prun- ing shou
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 412 THE GRAPE. bunches of fruit, and if the canes are strong enough, these may be allowed to remain and ripen, and will present in autumn the appearance shown in Fig. 558, or as in Fig. 559 after the leaves have fallen. If the vine is intended to be laid down and slightly covered for winter, the pruning may be dgne at any time after the fall of the leaf. Or if it is desired to use the wood that is cut away for propagating new vines, the prun- ing should be done before the shoots are severely frozen. As all pruning in autumn increases the liability to injury by the cold of winter, one or two extra buds should be left on the stump, to be cut down the following spring. If the pruning is not done in autumn, it may be performed at any subsequent period before spring.* Mode of Pruning.—When the young arms are first attached to the trellis, each bud, which is intended to form its upright. Fig. 559- FIG. 560. Fig. 561. bearing shoots, will present the appearance shown in Fig. 560. After growing one season, as in Fig. 559, each shoot is to be cut down to a good bud, as in Fig. 563. This bud is to grow and form the bearing shoot for next year. The pruning should be done as closely as practicable to the horizontal arms, pro- vided one good strong bud is left on the stump or spur. After the pruning is completed, the vines (already represented by Fig. 558) will exhibit the appearance in Fig. 562. The vine is now ready to throw up another set of bearing shoots for the coming year. It is the practice of some cultivators to leave * Bleeding', or the rapid escape of the sap by springf pruning:, causes much less injury than is generally supposed, and many cultivators who have made the experiment thoroughly have scarcely perceived any unfavorable result oa hardy Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images t
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