. Gardening for the South;. Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. THE GRAPE-VINE. 393 and drive a stake seven feet long to each plant. Chestnut charred at the end is very good; but locust and cedar make the most permanent posts. Tie the young vine to the stake, remove all the suckers, and allow but one cane to -grow. Keep free from weeds, and cultivate The next spring cut down the three buds, and the year after, to five, and this year train two canes instead of one. The pruning should take place from November to the last of February. The third or fourth year, according to the strength
. Gardening for the South;. Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. THE GRAPE-VINE. 393 and drive a stake seven feet long to each plant. Chestnut charred at the end is very good; but locust and cedar make the most permanent posts. Tie the young vine to the stake, remove all the suckers, and allow but one cane to -grow. Keep free from weeds, and cultivate The next spring cut down the three buds, and the year after, to five, and this year train two canes instead of one. The pruning should take place from November to the last of February. The third or fourth year, according to the strength of the vine, cut down the weakest cane to a spur of two or three eyes, and select the best shoot of the preceding year, cut it down to six or eight joints, bend it over in the form of a hoop, and tie to the stake, or fasten it to the adjoining stake in a horizontal PRUNING THK VINE. Fig, 1. Yine at the end of the second year, from a cutting, or the first after a Rooted vine is planted out. Fig. 2. Vine at the end of the succeeding summer. Fig. 3. Vine at the end of fourth from a cutting pruned in the bow form. Fig. 4. Vine pruned after the r^jnewal system. a Point where the shoots are to be cut off in pruning. b Places of removed shoots. 5 Bearing shoots. The bow form is the best. Training the vine in this man- ner checks the flow of the sap, and causes the buds to breali piore evenly, retarding growth, and increasing pro-. 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 White, William N. , 1819-1867. New York, C. M. Saxton and company; Athens, Ga. , W. N. White
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