GIRDLED CURRANT GRAPE VINE CARRYING FORTY-ONE 

 POUNDS OF FRUIT 



Photograph taken at ripening time of a Panariti currant grape vine grafted on the hybrid 

 stock Aramon x Rupestris Ganzin No. 1. A ring of bark one-half inch wide was renioved 

 from the canes at blossoming time, two months previous to ripening time of the grapes. 

 Compare with photograph of ungirdled vine carrying only twenty-one pounds of poorly 

 formed clusters. U. vS. Department of Agriculture Experiment Vinevard, Fresno, California. 

 (Fig. 8.) 



