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prove successful here, as our hot sun would scald the 

 leaves, and the grapes being so near the ground would 

 be more liable to rot. I can but think that even in 

 these localities the method described by me, would be 

 better, and save a good deal of labor. 



Their method is as follows : They grow two canes on 

 each vine, which are tied horizontally to the lower wire, 

 one to the left, the other to the right, and also a spur on 

 each arm to produce a new cane for next year. The 

 shoots, which grow from the eyes on the two horizontal 

 canes, are left to grow unchecked, and when they have 

 become long enough to reach the second wire, are tied to 

 it, and from there to the upper wire, thus bearing the fruit 

 all between the lower and second wires. The next fall the 

 cane, which has borne the fruit the last summer, is cut off 

 close to the spur, and the new cane grown from it takes 

 the place of it the next summer. It is a very simple way 

 of renewal training, but were we to do it here, the leaves 

 which are on the main shoots would drop off, leaving the 

 fruit exposed : while with the system of summer-pruning 

 I follow, the young and vigorous leaves on the j)inched 

 laterals shade the fruit perfectly, and remain fresh and 

 green. Besides, it takes an immense amount of tying and 

 tying material, and we can pinch four shoots in a shorter 

 time than we can tie one. As our pinched shoots be- 

 come very stocky, they will bear the weight of all the 

 fruit without tying, and the slanting direction in which 

 we tie will distribute the fruit more evenly. I believe, 

 therefore, that our New York growers would do well to 

 give this method a trial, and compare results. 



I also saw the horizontal arm training in great perfec- 

 tion at Mr. H. E. Hooker's, at Rochester, and confess that 

 his arms of the Brighton, with their handsome clusters, 

 looked very handsome. He thinks he could carry an 

 arm to the distance of 50 feet in the same way. His 

 treatment consists simply in *'spurring-iii" the young 



