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THE GRAPE CULTUBIST. 



buds every season, as in other spur systems. The trellis 

 is but three feet high, the upright parts being twelve feet 

 apart ; a strip one foot long is nailed across the top of 

 each. Three wires are used, one in the center, to which 

 the vine is trained, and one on each side, fastened to the 

 ends of the cross strips. The center wire is fastened to 

 the posts, and three inches lower than the outside ones, 

 so that the fruiting canes will grow at a slight angle up- 

 ward, and still rest upon the outer wires. The young 

 bearing shoots will require pinching back pretty short, or 

 they will be very likely to break off where they rest upon 

 the wire. This is a simple, as well as novel plan, and by 

 a little modification in the trellis, such as making it wider 

 and using more wires, it will answer very well for garden 

 culture, and perhaps for small vineyards. 



HUSMANN'S BOW SYSTEM. 



Mr. Husmann, in his late work, Grapes and Wine, ad- 

 vocates a bow system similar to the one we have 



Fig. 107. 



on page 251 and 252, but trains the vines on trellises in- 

 stead of stakes. This is certainly an improvement, be- 

 cause the vines can be kept more steady, and the fruit 



