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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Fig. 5. — Grapes on Horizontal Arm Trellis. 



The pruning of currants and gooseberries is done in the spring. It consists 

 in the heading back of the new growth and the removal of the older plants as 

 well as the weaker new ones, the idea being to leave four or five old and one or 

 two new canes. Various trellises have also been used for training the grapes. 

 A vertical trellis with two No 10 wires at a height of three and four and one- 

 half feet, respectively, from the ground has been most satisfactory, although a 

 trellis with horizontal arms bearing three wires has given good results. 



As indicated above, Mr. T. T. Lyon took charge of the sub-station in the spring 

 of 1890 and continued to act as superintendent until 1899 when failing health 

 made it necessary for him to give up the work. He continued, however, to 

 occupy his residence until the time of his death which occurred in MarfHi, 1900. 

 During the ten years in which Mr Lyon was in charge of the sub-station he 

 issued annual reports giving the notes taken upon the different varieties as they 

 came into bearing and the results secured from the cultural operations. 



