. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees grapes, roses, shrubs, etc., Fruit trees Catalogs; Ornamental trees Catalogs; Climbing plants Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs. GRAPES. 29 Pruiiing",—Annual and careful pruning is essential to the production of good grapes. If the roots are called upon to support too much wood, they cannot bring to maturit}- a tine crop of fruit. The pruning shoidd be done in November, December, February or March, while the vines are entirely dormant. Training Vines.—There are many methods of training grape vines, but as trel- lises are more gene
. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees grapes, roses, shrubs, etc., Fruit trees Catalogs; Ornamental trees Catalogs; Climbing plants Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs. GRAPES. 29 Pruiiing",—Annual and careful pruning is essential to the production of good grapes. If the roots are called upon to support too much wood, they cannot bring to maturit}- a tine crop of fruit. The pruning shoidd be done in November, December, February or March, while the vines are entirely dormant. Training Vines.—There are many methods of training grape vines, but as trel- lises are more generally employed, we will coutine our suggestions to a description of the trellis method. To construct a trellis, take posts of oak, cedar or chestnut, 8 to 10 feet long; set them 3 feet in the ground and about 13 feet apart. Stretch No. 9 galvanized wire tightly along the posts, and fasten them to each. Let the first wire be 18 inches from the ground, and the distance between the wires about 12 inches. Wooden slats about 1 bj' 2 inches may be substituted for wires. Trellises should be at least 10 feet apart; a greater distance is pref(a'able. Set the vines about 20 feet apart. Prune the vines to two canes each for two years after tliej' are planted. In February or March these canes should be cut back to 5 or 6 feet each, and tied along the lower wire or slat of the trellis, FI5UITED (iUATK VINE. When the growth commences in spring, the young shoots must be reduced by dis- budding, so that they may stand about a foot apart on the cane, selecting, of course, strong, healthy shoots; as they grow they are tied up to the .second, third and fourth wire or slats, and all superfluous ones removed, as well as the young laterctU which will appear on vigorous vines; but the fruit-bearing shoots are allowed to extend at will until September, when they may be pinched off at the end to assist the ripening of the wood. The vine in the autumn, with the fruit on, w
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