Our native grapeGrapes and their cultureAlso descriptive list of old and new varieties . es ; later therewill be spurs which trim back to two or three buds. By fall pruning the vine is soreduced in size that it is easily buried, if necessary. The tallest of the pruned canesshould be no longer than the posts. In the summer, when all the canes have beenconfined to the posts, new rapidly growing shoots will spread out in all directionsforming somewhat an umbrella-shaped top. Cut these new shoots oflF about fourleaves below the last fruit cluster, keeping the vine in a compact mass near the post.
Our native grapeGrapes and their cultureAlso descriptive list of old and new varieties . es ; later therewill be spurs which trim back to two or three buds. By fall pruning the vine is soreduced in size that it is easily buried, if necessary. The tallest of the pruned canesshould be no longer than the posts. In the summer, when all the canes have beenconfined to the posts, new rapidly growing shoots will spread out in all directionsforming somewhat an umbrella-shaped top. Cut these new shoots oflF about fourleaves below the last fruit cluster, keeping the vine in a compact mass near the post. The Caywood Overhead System. Posts eight feet high are set in the usual manner, the tops being spotted on oneside upon which boards, five or six inches wide and three feet long are nailed, repre-senting a cross. On the tops of these boards are stretched three wires, one on eitherend and one in the center. Plant the vines close to posts and tie those planted be-tween the posts directly to the wire. In this way the whole space between the vinesis unobstructed for the passage of a OVERHEAD SYSTEM—VINE PRUNED. A long string can be used for the middle vine when small. Branches are trained off from the top of the main trunk, one over the upper side of each wire. These may be pruned in the fall to any desired length. The vines should all run in one direction to avoid tangling. But few branches will get off or hang from the sides of 34 OUR NATIVE GRAPE.
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