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Mr. Sampson: Tn regard to the space between the spurs on 

 the vine, I think you will find if you leave three or four long 

 spurs on the vine that a large part of the intermediate buds 

 between these long spurs will be killed out the next season. 



Dr. Frisselle: I do not quite agree with that statement. I 

 have carefully pruned my vines for the last ten years, and I 

 try to keep spurs the whole length of the vine. It is not be- 

 cause I leave any long canes that some of them are missing; I 

 only leave two or three buds. 



Mr. S. P. Jennison: In regard to the space between the 

 spurs on the Delawares, I have had a little experience, but I 

 do not know whether it is good for anything. When I had a 

 little garden to plant I wanted a few grape vines. I did not 

 know anything about cultivating grape vines then, and I have 

 forgotten nothing since. The best book on grape culture 

 recommended then was by A. S. Fuller. He said it was diffi- 

 cult, if the two arm system was adopted, to cover the vines 

 — that went without saying. He recommended for climates 

 where it was necessary to cover the vines to adopt a different 

 system, a single arm trained to stand at an angle of 45°; at a 

 steeper angle the growth would be almost entirely at the end 

 of the vine, and at a less one, or nearly horizontal, the growth 

 would be near the turn in the vine. I did not know any better 

 than to follow his method. I perfectly agree with the Doctor 

 that five feet apart is enough for the Delawares, but for some 

 varieties like the Rogers No. 5 and No. 3, where a man has to 

 walk pretty fast to walk around the vine the way it is growing, 

 five feet is too near. [Laughter.] 



