430 AMERICAN GRAPE TRAINING 



use of wire has been strenuously opposed by people who 

 have never used it. The objection has been that the fine 

 wire would chafe the cane so that the cane would break and 

 fall from the trellis. Such instances occur rarely, and 

 when they do, it is so late in the season that the tendrils of 

 the vine are ample to hold it to the trellis. The cane 

 should be tied to the windward side of the wire for the 

 same reason that the wire was stapled on the windward side 

 of the post. In using the wire tie, the operator stands on 

 the opposite side of the trellis from the cane, and follows 

 the movements as illustrated in Figs. 272-275. This opera- 

 tion puts on the wire with the fewest number of move- 

 ments, binds the cane snug to the trellis, and makes a loop 

 that falls from the trellis on the following season, when the 

 cane is torn away. The tying wire should be thoroughly 

 annealed, so that it can be easily bent and give no springy 

 reaction after being worked. This wire is also useful in 

 tying thorny shrubs to a trellis when a mittened hand is 

 necessary to hold the branches in place while the other 

 hand makes the tie." 



