. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. old, they may be transplanted tothe permanent vineyard. Nurserymen supply one-year-old vinesfor growers in all parts of the country. The northern and southern bunch grapes are usually planted inrows about eight to ten feet apart and the vines are about eightfeet apart in the rows. Muscadine grapes are given about twofeet more space each way. The vineyard is usually planted in thespr
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. old, they may be transplanted tothe permanent vineyard. Nurserymen supply one-year-old vinesfor growers in all parts of the country. The northern and southern bunch grapes are usually planted inrows about eight to ten feet apart and the vines are about eightfeet apart in the rows. Muscadine grapes are given about twofeet more space each way. The vineyard is usually planted in thespring but fall planting is also successful. Trellising.—Some sj^stematic plan of starting the vines should beadopted. A number of plans are in use. Several of these havebeen given definite names. The high-renewal system is shown infigures 167 and 168. The four-cane Kniffin system is shown infigure 169. The Munsen system is shown in figures 170 and 171. PRUNING 243 Three plans for pruning and supporting vines common in Cali-fornia and elsewhere are shown in figures 172, 173, 174 and 175. Pruning.—Grapes should be pruned annually. The best time isin the winter when the sap is entirely dormant. If pruning is. Fig. 167.—The upright or high-renewal system of pruning and training grape vines; afterpruning. The fruiting shoots from these canes are trained upright and tied to the upperwires, as shown in next figure. delayed until spring, the sap will flow from the wounds will take away the strength of the vine. The system of pruning and the system of trellising should har-
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