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CROP PRODUCTION 



back to two or three buds. Each vine should be set 

 about two inches deeper than it formerly grew. 



Pruning 



Volumes have been written concerning the pruning of 

 grape vines. There are many different systems of such 

 pruning. They all depend primarily upon the fact that 



Renewal System of Grape Pruning 



Branches AAA will bear next year 



the fruit is borne on the new wood of the same season's 

 growth. Consequently the canes of the previous seasons' 

 growth are cut back to two or three buds, so that the new 

 shoots sent out may have abundant nourishment for 

 the development of a few bunches of fruit. One of the 

 important aims in pruning is so to reduce the number of 

 clusters that the vine will be able to mature them all, 

 without a strain upon its vitaUty. Another object in 

 pruning is to keep the fruit within easy reach, without 

 the growth of long branches that carry the bearing 

 shoots far away from the roots. Pruning is generally 

 done late in winter shortly before spring growth starts. 



