The practical fruit grower . s than two feet from the are fixed in place with staples, and the wires are stretchedby means of levers or by the common barbed-wire 16 wire is sometimes used, but is rather small to support agreat weight of vine and fruit; and the larger the wire the moredistant can the posts be set. Training.—Having the stakes set or the trellis made the thirdyear, the vine must be established upon the supports. If thestakes are vised, the system of training consists in simply windingone cane arounde ach stake, and fixing it in two or three places sotha
The practical fruit grower . s than two feet from the are fixed in place with staples, and the wires are stretchedby means of levers or by the common barbed-wire 16 wire is sometimes used, but is rather small to support agreat weight of vine and fruit; and the larger the wire the moredistant can the posts be set. Training.—Having the stakes set or the trellis made the thirdyear, the vine must be established upon the supports. If thestakes are vised, the system of training consists in simply windingone cane arounde ach stake, and fixing it in two or three places sothat it shall not slip down (Figs. 56 and 57). The string of anycoarse, strong material, should be tied with a loop around thevine so as to allow for (he increase in size by growth. The third season the fruit is borne upon the laterals from themain cane, but the fourth year it is borne upon spurs made bycutting these laterals back to three buds in the fall or winter,as shown at a, Fig. 58. The pruning each year after the vine. Fig. become established consists in simply cutting back the lastseasons canes to spurs. Only a limited number of spurs should SYSTEMS OF TRAINING. 75 be allowed to remain, according to the strength of the vine, cut-
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