FAN SYSTEM OF TRAINING 



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When systematically pursued, it gives fruit of 

 the highest excellence. This High Renewal train- 

 ing, like all the low upright systems, allows the 



289. Fan-trained Concord. 



vines to be laid down easily in winter, which is an 

 important consideration in many parts of Canada 

 and in the colder Northern states. It is often 

 called, but erroneously, the horizontal arm sys- 

 tem. 



FAN -TRAINING. A system much used a few 

 years ago, and still sometimes seen, is one which 

 renews back nearly to the ground each year, and 

 carries the fruiting canes up in a fan -shaped 

 manner. This system has the advantages of dis- 

 pensing with much of the old wood, or trunk, and 



