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ground, when it is anything but 

 pleasant. 



Methods of pruning the vine have 

 been so often given and ilhistrated in 



stand six feet above the ground and 

 be placed twenty-five feet apart, and 

 be well braced. No. i6 wire, run- 

 ning about TOO feet to the pound, will 



Fig. 19. — Vine in the Spring of Third Year with Arms Extended. 



these pages that we hesitate to touch 

 upon them so soon again. 



While the Fan System, referred to 

 in vol. X., page 76, from its simpli- 

 city, is very commonly employed in 

 Canada, we commend to the tidy 

 gardener the Renewal System of the 



answer, and three or four strands 

 will be sufficient. 



According to figure No. 20, all the 

 upright branches are about a foot 

 apart, and are annually cut down to 

 within two or three buds of the main 

 laterals ;* but English gardeners an- 



FiG. 20. — Three Year 



English vineyardist, or some modi- 

 fication of it as shown by the accom- 

 panying illustrations, which almost 

 explain themselves. We may re- 

 mark, however, that the cutting back 

 at the end of the first year should be 

 at about the height of the first wire 

 of the trellis, and this in cold sections 

 should be quite low for easy protection. 

 Light temporary stakes will be 

 enough for the first two years, but in 

 the spring of the third year the posts 

 will need to be set. They should 



Old Vine in Fruit, 



nually cut back every alternate cane 

 and leave the others to bear fruit on 

 the small lateral branches which will 

 grow from them. Some Canadians, 

 who practise this system, ring each 

 bearing upright either by removing a 

 ring of the outer bark, or by twisting 

 a wire tightly around it near the 

 place where it is to be cut off at the 

 next pruning. The sap, being thus 

 prevented from descending beyond a 

 certain point, goes to enlarge to an 

 abnormal degree the fruit of the 



' This is known as the Fuller system. 



