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ably better to avoid cutting entirely. Some 

 growers wind or tie the longest shoots on the top 

 wire, as seen in Fig. 289. It is probably best, as a 

 rule, to allow the shoots to hang over naturally, 

 and to clip them only when they seriously inter- 

 fere with the work of the hoe and cultivator. The 



287. High renewal in fourth year, with Catawba. 



treatment for slat trellises is essentially the same 

 as on wire trellises, except that longer strings 

 must be used in tying. 



It is apparent that nearly or quite all the fruit 

 in the High Renewal is borne between the first 

 and second wires, at the bottom of the trellis. If 

 the lower wire is twenty -four or thirty inches 

 high, this fruit will hang at the most convenient 

 height for picking. The fruit trays are set upon 



