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Fig. 6 shows the vine at the end of the season, and the crossmarks where 

 to prune. 



It is a very neat, tidy and satisfactory method if properly attended to, espe- 

 cially for amateurs. In practice, however, it has been found too much labor 

 for vineyard use to be profitable at the low prices ruling for the fruit for the 

 past few years. 



Fig. 6. 



In my Fuller's trellis, Fig. 6, the wires are run vertically and put on to 

 accommodate the buds. The height is four to five feet, more or less, accord- 

 ing to the taste or fancy of the grower. The pruning in this system is what 

 is known as short spur pruning. The upright canes are cut down to two 

 buds the first year. The next year the canes are grown, and at the next 

 pruning the upper one is cut entirely away and the lower one to two buds. 

 Thus two canes are grown every year, and the annual pruning thereafter is 

 the same. 



Fiii. 



Here is a style of trellis (Fig. 7) I saw in use at Vineland the past season 

 for thousands of vines. It consisted of one wire, supported on stakes two 

 and one-half feet high. It is simple and inexpensive, to say the least, and 

 so low that the masculine genus homo can readily step over it, and is not 

 easily affected by winds. 



