. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. rarelyfour areused forthe strongest kinds, althoughthis number is lowest wire is stretched ateighteen, twenty-four or thirtyinches from the ground, andthe two upper ones are placedat distances of eighteen ortwenty inches apart. The second season after plant-ing should see the vine tied tothe first wire. Fig. 279 is aphotograph taken in July, 1892,of a Concord vine which wasset in the spring of 1891. fall of 1891, the vine wascut back to three or four buds,and in the s
. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. rarelyfour areused forthe strongest kinds, althoughthis number is lowest wire is stretched ateighteen, twenty-four or thirtyinches from the ground, andthe two upper ones are placedat distances of eighteen ortwenty inches apart. The second season after plant-ing should see the vine tied tothe first wire. Fig. 279 is aphotograph taken in July, 1892,of a Concord vine which wasset in the spring of 1891. fall of 1891, the vine wascut back to three or four buds,and in the spring of 1892, twoof these buds were allowed tomake canes. These two canes are now tied tothe wire, which was stretched in the spring of1892. In this case, the branches start near the ^280. Making theT-head. HIGH RENEWAL 44^ surface of the ground. Sometimes only a singlestrong slioot grows, and in order to secure thetwo branches it is broken over where it passesthe wire, and is usually tied to a stake to affordsupport. Fig. 280 shows this operation. A budwill develop at the bend or break, from which. The third season of high renewal. Concord. a cane can be trained in the opposite directionfrom the original portion, and the T-head issecured. The close of the second season after planting,therefore, will usually find the vine with two goodcanes extending in opposite directions, and tiedto the wire. The pruning at that time will con-sist in cutting off the ends of these canes back tofirm and strong wood, which will leave them bear-ing from five to eight buds. The third season,shoots will grow upright from these buds and willbe tied to the second wire, which has now beensupplied. Late in the third season the vineshould have much the appearance of that shown 444 AMERICAN GRAPE TRAINING, CONCLUDED in Fig. 281. The third wire is usually added tothe trellis at the close of the second season, atthe same time that the second wire is put on ; butoccasional!}^ this is delayed until the clos
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