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checked ; and they can also be kept under control much 

 better. Figure 17 will show the result of training the 

 second summer, with the method of bracing the trellis. 



Fig. 17. THE VINE AT THE END OF THE SECOND SEASON. 



Figure 18 gives the vine, pruned and tied, at the end 

 of the second season. Figure 19 represents the manner 

 of training and tying the Catawba and Delaware, or other 

 slow growing kinds. 



The above method of training is a combination of the 

 single-cane and fan-training system, which I tried first 

 on the Concord from sheer necessity, when the results 

 pleased me so much, that I have since adopted it with all 



Fig. 18. THE VINE PRUNED AND TIED. 



the strong growing varieties. The circumstances which 

 led me to the trial of this method, were as follows : In 

 the summer of 1862, when my young Concord vines were 



