RENEWAL 411 



Renewal pruning is illustrated in Fig. 262. 

 This engraving shows the head of a vine seven 

 years old, and on which two canes are allowed 

 to remain after each annual pruning. The part 

 extending from & to / and d is the base of the 

 bearing cane of 1892. In the winter of 1892-3, 

 this cane is cut off at d, and the new cane, e, is 

 left to make the bearing wood of 1893. Another 

 cane sprung from /, but it was too weak to leave 

 for fruiting. It was, therefore, cut away. The 

 old stub, 5, /, d, will be cut away a year hence, in 

 the winter of 1893-4. In the meantime, a re- 

 newal cane will have grown from the stub c, which 

 is left for that purpose, and the old cane, & d, will 

 be cut off just beyond it, between c and /. In 

 this way, the bearing wood is kept close to the 

 head of the vine. The wound a shows where an 

 old stub was cut away this winter, 1892-3, while & 

 shows where one was cut off the previous winter. 

 A scar upon the back of the head, which does not 

 show in the illustration, marks the spot where a 

 stub was cut away two years ago, in the winter 

 of 1890-1. This method of pruning can be kept 

 up almost indefinitely, and if care is exercised in 

 keeping the stubs short, the head will not enlarge 

 out of proportion to the growth of the stock or 

 trunk. 



PRUNING YOUNG VINES. The time required 

 after planting to get the vine onto the wires or 

 trellis varies with the strength of the vine when 



