. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. rig. 19.—Badly Pruned Spur of the Second Tear. Pig. 21. — Three-year-old Spur Properly Pruned. Fig. 20.—Spur of the Second Year Properly Pruned. will not admit of laying in these canes without over- crowding, one or more of the least satisfactory vines can be cut away altogether, to make room for carry- ing on this modified system of extension training. In this way a house may be gradually filled with a few of the best vines, without at any time having any part of the trellis bare of fruit or foliage. The time to prune must be regulated by the time the
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. rig. 19.—Badly Pruned Spur of the Second Tear. Pig. 21. — Three-year-old Spur Properly Pruned. Fig. 20.—Spur of the Second Year Properly Pruned. will not admit of laying in these canes without over- crowding, one or more of the least satisfactory vines can be cut away altogether, to make room for carry- ing on this modified system of extension training. In this way a house may be gradually filled with a few of the best vines, without at any time having any part of the trellis bare of fruit or foliage. The time to prune must be regulated by the time the houses are to be started. The house that was started on the 1st of January the first year, if in- tended for early work, may be started on the 1st of December in the following season, and the house in- tended for succession that was started in February the first year, may be shut up on the 1st of January in the second year. These houses should be pruned Extension Training is a combination of the long rod and spur systems, and consists of allowing one vine to grow on from year to year until it occu- pies a large portion, or perhaps the whole of a. house. Many good growers, who do not altogether approve of the principle, admit that extension is favourable to longevity, as many of the oldest and finest vines in the country have been trained in this way; and all must admit that, as regards quantity and quality of the fruit, the system has many pomts in its favour. Some go so far as to say extension training should not be practised where the natural soil is unfavourable to the roots when they get out of the prepared borders, and are no longer under control; but this is a mistake, as the yearly spread. 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 Fish, David Taylor, 1824-1901. London, Paris, New York Mel
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