572 110\V TO MAKE THE FAEM PAY. 



there nre raised in a given locality the more readily will you 

 find a market for them. Parchasers M'ill come where the goods 



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Pi;iMN"i AXD Traixixg. Pruning commences as soon as 

 the vine begins to grow, for the pinching off of the laterals, tops, 

 tendril.s, buds, or shoots is pruning. But pruning for the pur- 

 poses of training, only commences with the second year of the 

 vine in the vineyard. We shall give three methods of pruning 

 and training the vine, in the order in which we value them. 

 The best system we have ever seen is the horizontal arm train- 

 ing. Tlie/r5^ year in the vineyard the vine is only allowed to 

 grow one upright cane, which is cut back in the foil to four 

 buds, two of which are allowed to gvovr the second year. In 

 both cases they should be kept tied to a stake and all laterals, 

 tendrils, etc., pinched as before directed. A single cluster of 

 fruit may be allowed to grow on each strong cane the second 

 year, as a sample of Avhat may be expected in abundance by 

 and by. If the cane makes a strong, vigorous growth of from 

 si.K to ten feet, cut each cane back to four feet, and bend the 

 ends down to the ground on opposite sides of the stock and 

 fasten thoni with hooked pegs. The Teellis should now be 

 built, if not already done. If done before planting the vines, it 

 obviates the use of the stake and is ready whenever wanted. 

 The best Ibrni of trellis is that with upright instead of horizon- 

 tal wires. A ten or twelve foot post is set in the ground 

 between the vines, which for this purpose should be eight feet 

 apart in the rows. Cross bars are nailed across, one twelve to 

 fourteen inches from the ground and the other at the top, say six 

 to eight feet from the ground. When the vine is taken up in 

 tlie spring, stretch the arras along the lower bar and make a 

 mark on the bar where each shoot is to grow; drive a nail into 

 ^ the bar at the mark and one into the upper bar directlv above 





