UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION. 



Two methods have been successfully used to insure the growth of new 

 fruit wood every year in a position where it can be utilized. The first 

 consists in bending the fruit canes into a circle, as illustrated in Fig. 9. 

 This diminishes the tendency of the sap of the vine to go to the end of 

 the fruit canes. The consequence is that more shoots start on the lower 



parts of the fruit canes. 

 All the shoots on these 

 canes are made weaker 

 and more fruitful by the 

 bending, and at the same 

 time the sap pressure is 

 increased and causes 

 strong shoots to start 

 from the wood spurs left 

 near the ba e es of the 

 fruit canes. These shoots 

 are used for fruit canes 

 at the following winter 

 pruning, and new wood 

 spurs are then left for the 

 next year. 



The tying and bending 

 of the fruit canes require 

 great care, and repeated 

 suckering and removal 

 of watersprouts are 

 necessary to insure a 

 strong growth of replac- 

 ing canes on the \vood 

 spurs. This method can 

 be used successfully only 

 by skillful hands. 



The other method re- 

 quires some form of 

 trellis. The most prac- 

 ticable trellis is a wire 



FIG. 9. Showing method of bending fruit canes to Stretched along the 1'OWS 



insure growth of shoots from replacing spurs. at about 1^ or 2 feet 



above the surface of the 



soil. For very vigorous vines in rich soil a second wire 12 inches above 

 the first is advisable. 



The pruning is the same as for the method just described. The fruit 

 canes, however, instead of being bent in a circle and tied to the stake, 

 are placed in a horizontal position and tied to the wire. The horizontal 

 position has the same effect as curving in promoting the starting of 



