50 Agricultural Gazette oj N.S.W. {Jan, 2, 1920. 



Some of the best known varieties grouped under the spur system of 

 pruning are as follows: — Muscat Hamburgh, Black Hamburgh, Doradillo, 

 Muscat Gordo Blanco, Muscat of Alexandria, Grand Turk, Duke of 

 Buccleugh, Temperano, Trebbiano, Sweet Water (Palomeno), Palomeno 

 Blanco, Lady's Finger, Black Malaga, Red Malaga, Red Prince, Santa Paula, 

 Pedro Ximenes, Gros Colman, Trentham Black, Frontignac, Belas Blanco, 

 Royal Ascot, Ulliade, Whortley Hall, Chasselas, Royal Muscadine. 



The exceptions amongst table varieties are : — Waltham Cross, Daria 

 (Ohanez), Sultana Centennial, Raisin des Dames, Cornichon, and Crystal. 

 The above-mentioned varieties appear to yield more consistent crops if pruned 

 with a proportion of rods. 



Fig. 8. — A badly constructed arm, and tne method of training a water slioot to replace it. 

 Next year the old arm will be cut off at AB 



Wine Varieties. 



Amongst the varieties normally devoted to wine-making, Mataro, Grenache, 

 Doradillo, White Hermitage, Pedro, Blanquette, Verdelho (Madeira), and 

 Hunter River Riesling (Semillon), all respond to spur pruning. These vines, 

 however, growing under conditions which develop great vigour, will return 

 much heavier crops when pruned to the rod and spur. The same may be 

 said of most of the spur pruned table varieties when size and quality of the 

 individual bunch are sacrificed for the purpose of securing lieavier crops. 

 This can, of course, be safely undertaken where irrigation is possible, or upon 

 soil which is more than ordinarily fertile. 



Wine varieties which should always be rod pruned if full crops are to be 

 secured, are the Riesling, Shiraz (Hermitage), Malbeck, Carbernet, and 

 Sercial. One vine, the Zante Currant, may be placed in a class by itself, 

 demanding treatment differing from all other varieties. By nature it is 

 exceedingly vigorous, and in order to curb its rampant growth the vine was 

 for many years heavily loaded with rods. Even then the setting of fruit was 



