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AMEKICAN GRAPE CULTUKE. 



that it is the system of Guyot without the 

 shelter that is practiced among us. In this 

 system, also, in its earli 

 est forms, may be seen the 

 germ of the horizontal arm, 

 which is the horizontal re 

 newal made permanent, and 

 in that respect an improve 

 ment, especially where excel 

 lence of fruit is concerned. 



We propose now to de 

 scribe the training of Dr. 

 Guyot. This, for the first 

 two years, is like that al 

 ready described for horizon 

 tal arms, and need not, there 

 fore, be detailed here. At 

 the end of the second year 

 we have two upright canes, 

 as in Fig. 45. The cane on 

 the left must be cut at the 

 two lowest buds, to form a 

 spur; and that on the right 

 at the mark h; it should 

 not, however, this year be 

 more than two feet long. 

 The cane on the right is for bearing fruit, and 



Fig. 45. 



