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THE FRUIT INDUSTRY IN NEW YORK STATE 



the vine is carried up to or just below the first wire and two 

 canes, each bearing from six to ten buds, are taken off, preferably 

 a little below the level of the wire. One is tied to the right and 

 the other to the left. The bearing shoots that grow from the 

 buds on these canes are tied to the second wire when they have 

 reached a sufficient length, and to the third as soon as growth 

 will permit. If they project beyond the upper wire, they are 

 sometimes cut off or pinched back. 



FIG. 427. THE HIGH RENEWAL TYPE 



At the beginning of the next year the vine should again be cut 

 back to two canes that have grown from the shoots of the previous 

 year, or from spurs, this cutting being as close to the head of the 

 vine as possible. Xear the base of each of these canes, but on 

 older wood at the head of the stem, short spurs carrying two or 

 three buds are maintained, from which shoots develop that in turn 

 are used to furnish the fruiting canes of the following year. Thus, 

 the spurs are the means of renewing the fruiting wood. From 

 the foregoing it will be seen that the amount of old wood retained 

 is reduced to a minimum, while the labor of tying is greatly 

 increased. 



