. [Fruit culture]. Fig. 14 36 § U GRAPE CULTURE 37 horizontally along the wires or obliquely across them and theshoots, as they develop, are tied to wires above. The follow-ing upright systems are in common use: the high-renewal sys-tem, the Keuka system, the horizontal-arm spur-renewal system,the Chautauqua spur-renewal system, and the Jan system. 47. The lilg-h-renewal system, which has much tocommend it, is illustrated in Fig. 14. An unpruned vine isshown in (a), and the same vine is shown pruned in (h). Thetrellis is usually made with three wires, the lower wire beingplaced from 18 to 30 i
. [Fruit culture]. Fig. 14 36 § U GRAPE CULTURE 37 horizontally along the wires or obliquely across them and theshoots, as they develop, are tied to wires above. The follow-ing upright systems are in common use: the high-renewal sys-tem, the Keuka system, the horizontal-arm spur-renewal system,the Chautauqua spur-renewal system, and the Jan system. 47. The lilg-h-renewal system, which has much tocommend it, is illustrated in Fig. 14. An unpruned vine isshown in (a), and the same vine is shown pruned in (h). Thetrellis is usually made with three wires, the lower wire beingplaced from 18 to 30 inches above the ground, the second wire18 inches above the first, and the third wire 20 inches abovethe second. The main trunk, or stem, of the vine is carriedup to or just below the first wire, and two canes, each bearingfrom six to ten buds, are taken off, preferably a little below thelevel of the wire. One cane is tied to the right and the otherto the left. The bearing shoots that grow from the buds onthese can
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