. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 410 THE GRAPE. whether of horizontal bars nailed to posts, or vertical rods nailed to an upper and lower horizontal bar. Training on the Trellis.—Whatever mode of training is adopted, the following general rules should be observed: 1. Allow no shoots to grow nearer than about one foot of each other. 2. Cut back each bearing shoot at the close of the season to as many eyes or buds as will give the desired quantity of fruit the following year. No. of Fe
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 410 THE GRAPE. whether of horizontal bars nailed to posts, or vertical rods nailed to an upper and lower horizontal bar. Training on the Trellis.—Whatever mode of training is adopted, the following general rules should be observed: 1. Allow no shoots to grow nearer than about one foot of each other. 2. Cut back each bearing shoot at the close of the season to as many eyes or buds as will give the desired quantity of fruit the following year. No. of Feet to One Pound. 98 Nos. 16 72 Biaaaafara,'; se IS S9 .aa 44 13 34 26 20 17 13 m^i^mmi^mmsm^m^^::^;!!:^^ 12. Fig. 555.—Sizes of Wire for Trellises. 3. Rub off, as soon as they appear, all shoots not wanted. In the following pages are described some of the methods of training which are interesting and successful in the home garden. After the two canes have been formed the third year on the young vine, as already described, they are to be cut off to within about four feet of the base, and spread out in opposite. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd
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