. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use. Gardening. 430 MANUAL OF GARDENING • for training is only the disposition or ar. 278. Bag ready to be applied. same style of pruning, • rangement of the parts. On arbors, it is best to carry one permanent arm or trunk from each root over the framework to the peak. Each year the canes are cut back to short spurs (of 2 or 3 buds) along the sides of this trunk. Grapes are set from 6 to 8 feet apart in rows which are S to 10 feet apart. A trellis made of 2 or 3 wi
. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use. Gardening. 430 MANUAL OF GARDENING • for training is only the disposition or ar. 278. Bag ready to be applied. same style of pruning, • rangement of the parts. On arbors, it is best to carry one permanent arm or trunk from each root over the framework to the peak. Each year the canes are cut back to short spurs (of 2 or 3 buds) along the sides of this trunk. Grapes are set from 6 to 8 feet apart in rows which are S to 10 feet apart. A trellis made of 2 or 3 wires is the best support. Slat trellises catch too much wind and blow down. Avoid stimulating manures. In very cold climates, the vines may be taken off the trellis in early winter and laid on the ground and lightly covered with earth. Along the boundaries of home lots, where grapes are often planted, little is to be expected in the way of fruit because the ground is not well tilled. The grape is subject to many insects and diseases, some of which are very destructive. The black-rot is the most usual trouble. See p. 209. To produce bunches of high quality and free from rot and frost injury, grapes are some- times bagged. When the grapes are 279. The second about half grown, the bunch is covered stage in adjust- with a grocer's manila bag. The bags mg e ag- remain until the fruit is ripe. The grapes usually mature earlier in the bags. The top of the bag is split, and the flaps are secured over the branch with a pin; Figs. 278, 279, 280 explain the operation. In all the above discussion, the so-called native grapes alone are considered. In California, the Euro- pean or vinifera types are grown, the requirements of which are radically different from those of the eastern kinds. Varieties of grapes. Under nearly all conditions, the Concord will be a valuable black variety, although Worden, which is a few days earlier, may be pre-. Please note that these images are extracted from
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