REVIEW OF PRUNING AND TRAINING. 



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The fan system, when correctly carried out, is a very 

 good one ; arid if more fruit is required than can be ob- 

 tained on a vine pruned as I have already shown on page 

 173, then add one or two bows, as seen in figure 109. This 



Fig. 109. 



will enable the vineyardist to obtain a large crop from 

 even those which are not naturally productive, when 

 pruned on the short spur and arm system. The Clinton, 

 Taylor's Bullitt, and others of that style of growth, re- 

 quire considerable young wood to obtain even a small 

 crop. The two bows will furnish as many canes as can 

 be conveniently grown without becoming too much 

 crowded. 



There appear to be about as many different methods 

 of training in vogue in the United States as there are vine- 

 yardists, and each, no doubt, thinks his particular system 

 is the best. 



It is to this peculiar freedom from oneness of idea that 

 we owe much of our progress in grape culture. But still 

 there are a few people among us who appear to think that 

 to let vines grow as nearly wild as possible is the best 

 method after all. To prove they are right, we are referred 

 to some portions of the old world for evidence. There 

 are a few countries where vine-culture is the same that it 



