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Munson System of Grape Training. 

 Vine Pruned. Courtesy Kentucky Exp. Station 



Before the blossoms open decide upon two sturdy shoots to form next 

 year's arms. They should start near the trunk. Pinch off all clusters 

 of fruit on them to make them strong. At the same time shorten 

 each of the other shoots to two or three joints beyond the outermost 

 clusters. In a couple of weeks go over the vines again and cut back 

 to one or two joints those 

 shoots missed the first 

 time, also growths that 

 have started in the mean- 

 time. 



In the third mid- 

 Winter cut each of the 

 main arms an inch or so 

 above the two sturdy new 

 arms developed previous 

 Summer and remove them 

 and all their shoots from the treUis. Take care not to injure the two 

 new arms in doing this work. Shorten these arms to four to eight or 

 ten joints. Gently braid each with the lowest wire to right and left, 

 respectively, and tie firmly in two or three places to the wire. During 

 the growing season proceed as in the previous Summer, except that 

 from the third year forward you may allow three or four arms to de- 

 velop instead of two on strong vines. 



Grapes dehght in a well drained rich soil. Old bones are excellent 

 to place beneath the vines before planted. Clean cultivation is de- 

 sirable. Set strong growing Northern varieties 10 ft. apart, small ones 

 6 or 8. Southern kinds often need 20 ft. 



Good Northern black varieties are: Eumelan, Worden, Barry, 

 Wilder, Moore's Early and Concord. Red ones: Agawam, Brighton, 

 Brilhant, Delaware, Jefferson, Salem, Vergennes and Catawba. White : 

 Dutchess, Empire, Goethe, Winchell (or Green Mountain) and Prentiss. 

 Popular Southern varieties are Scuppernong, James and Herbemont. 



PEACHES 



To those in the warmer parts of the country where the Winters 

 are not too severe, a few Peach trees will add much to the revenue of 

 the garden, and who does not like Peaches ? They can be served in so 

 many appetizing ways. The Peach is not a long-hved tree, and will 

 not produce profitably for more than five or six years. After the fruit 

 begins to get small, new trees had much better be planted. 



