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What is known to gardeners as the spur 

 system of pruning grapes is very satisfac- 

 tory, and is followed by a great many 

 persons. An annual renewal of canes is 

 not looked for. The little side shoots, or 

 canes, which have been produced from 

 older canes, are looked to for the fruit. 

 These shoots are cut back to almost their 

 base, leaving only about two eyes on the 

 canes of the previous vear. As these eyes 

 push into growth each one will give one 

 or two good bunches of grapes. In this 

 way an old cane when well furnished with 

 side shoots will present a beautiful sight 

 when the fruit is ripe, as the bunches will 

 be so evenly distributed. 



A word now in regard to summer prun 

 ing will not be amiss. As the young 

 shoots of the grape develop, the flower 

 bunches appear and fruit is formed. The 

 growth of the shoots continues, however, 

 and many persons miss it, I am sure, by 

 permitting this to be. The bunches are 

 very much finer if the shoots are nipped 

 off at the second leaf above the bunch as 

 experience tells me. When the growth is 

 stopped in this way, little shoots will 

 push out from the points again, and these 

 also must be topped as fast as they 

 appear. Not only is it an advantage to 

 the fruit to have this pinching off prac- 

 ticed; young canes not fruiting are the 

 better for being kept topped after reach- 

 ing the length required. If an eight feet 

 length is what is required, keep it to eight 

 feet by nipping the points of the growing 

 shoots, and when fall comes there will be 

 a much sturdier cane than there would 

 have been had the growth been unchecked. 



Outdoor vineyards of native grapes are 

 grown under this system in cases that 

 have come under my observation, and 

 foreign grapes under glass and those out 

 of doors in California likewise. 



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