American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . Fig-. 19. Kg. a The Grape Vine—How It Grows and Whatto Bo with It.—8^ Article. A notice of the more common systems oftraining the vine requires a mention of the Bowsystem, as it is one practised in a large numberof vineyards, especially at the West. Tliis meth-od is a favorite one with the Germans, andthough it is not to be advised where a betterplan can be followed, it has the advantage ofrequiring but little outlay. The vines are train-ed to , nml being Imt liltlo oxtoudod, muy closer than when some of the others
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . Fig-. 19. Kg. a The Grape Vine—How It Grows and Whatto Bo with It.—8^ Article. A notice of the more common systems oftraining the vine requires a mention of the Bowsystem, as it is one practised in a large numberof vineyards, especially at the West. Tliis meth-od is a favorite one with the Germans, andthough it is not to be advised where a betterplan can be followed, it has the advantage ofrequiring but little outlay. The vines are train-ed to , nml being Imt liltlo oxtoudod, muy closer than when some of the othersystems are adopted. In starting the bow, avine with two strong canes is first establishedin the manner heretofore described. The canesbeing strong enough to bear fruit, one of themis cut back to two or three buds, and the otheris pruned longer, leaving eight to twelve, as in. figure 19. The longer cane is made to form thebow, and is tied to a stake, as in figure 20, or the end is brought around so as to make a more orless complete circle. The shoots from the budson the short arms are trained upright to theslake, to form canes for another season; whilethe buds upon the bow will throw out fruit-bear-ing shoots, which are pinched at two or threeleaves beyond the last bunch of fruit, as shownin figure 21, in which the leaves are omitted, tobetter show the arrangement of the vine. Afterthe bow has fruited, it is cut entirely away atpruning. One of the upright canes is taken toreplace it, while the other cane is pruned to ashort arm of fwo or three buds, to supply up-rights another year. The resemblance of thebow training to Guyots system will be seenby a comparison of the figure given in Julylast with the one here shown. In both, wehave a vine with one long and one short arm,the short one being intended to furnish a yearlysupply of fruiting canes; aud the main
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