. The American fruit culturist. Fig- SS7. highest will strike shoots equally with the other parts. Assoon as these shoots are well under way, the arms may bebrought into a straight horizontal position. If trained to thevertical wire trellis, each shoot should have its appropriate. Pig. 5s8—Bearing Vine. wire, and all others be rubbed off. If the horizontal wire trel-lis is used, each shoot should be tied to the second wire, assoon as it has grown sufficiently to reach it. When the youngshoots have reached a few inches above the top of the trellis,they should be kept pinched back to this height
. The American fruit culturist. Fig- SS7. highest will strike shoots equally with the other parts. Assoon as these shoots are well under way, the arms may bebrought into a straight horizontal position. If trained to thevertical wire trellis, each shoot should have its appropriate. Pig. 5s8—Bearing Vine. wire, and all others be rubbed off. If the horizontal wire trel-lis is used, each shoot should be tied to the second wire, assoon as it has grown sufficiently to reach it. When the youngshoots have reached a few inches above the top of the trellis,they should be kept pinched back to this height, for the restof the season. Each one will probably set two or three 412 THE GRAPE. bunches of fruit, and if the canes are strong enough, thesemay be allowed to remain and ripen, and will present inautumn the appearance shown in Fig. 558, or as in Fig. 559after the leaves have fallen. If the vine is intended to be laid down and slightly coveredfor winter, the pruning may be done at any time after the fall of the leaf. Or if it is desired touse the wood that is cut away forpropagating new vines, the prun-ing should be done before theshoots are severely frozen. As allpruning in autumn increases theliability to injury by the cold ofwinter, one or two extra budsshould be lef
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