EEVtEW OF PEUNING AND TRAINING. 275 



from each spur, and we find it shown the same in many 

 other European works on grape culture. In the excellent 

 work of Dr. Ecorchard, Professor of Botany and Director 

 of the Garden of Plants at Nantes, the Thomery system is 

 most fully illustrated, and its whole rationale explained 

 in a clear and explicit manner ; but there are no alternate 

 single and double canes given. 



Dr. Breuil, in his Theory and Practice of Arboricul- 

 ture, 1851, pages 687 and 690, gives illustrations of vines 

 trained on this system, with alternate single and double 

 canes, and it is probably from this work that some of the 

 illustrations, that have lately appeared in this country, 

 were copied. 



Dr. Breuil is certainly high authority ; but it is not to 

 be supposed that he had proved by experience and prac- 

 tice all of the systems of training, etc., that he has illus- 

 trated in his works. 



HORIZONTAL BRANCH SYSTEM. 



This system has lately been suggested by Mr. Strong 

 in his Culture of the Grape. The vine is started in the 

 same manner as for other systems, but is not allowed to 

 produce more than one cane until required for fruiting. 



Fig. 106. 



It is then cut down and fastened upon the trellis, as 

 shown in Fig. 106. Side or lateral fruiting spurs are pro- 

 duced from this oane, and are pruned back to one or two 



