nopohtan native varieties 



I I I V irieties thiive , below 



'ill luthof the subject 



1 itn e Grape indus 



GRAPE 667 



Piunmg and TiaimiK; —K Grape vine is pruned in 

 order to leduce the imount of wood (that is to thin or 

 to hunt the imount ot fruit ) and to keep the plant 

 withm manage ible shape and bdund-. A \me is trained 



e-5tensne enough t 

 the Grape sections 

 and the Hnd thorrt 



V.*- 



dense lud ciinii itt 



The American Grape 11 e'sientially a desseit fruit 

 is eaten fiom the hand There are several manufactured 

 products but ■« ith the ex 

 ception of wme the} are 

 yet of minoi import inie 

 --^^ H f \mericans lie not a 1 



A ^ Jt-^ „/^ l.mkmfe 



K 



but of poor quality (X ^4) 



Probably 100 books counting the 



been published m North \meiica 'iince Adlum 1 



in ls2 I see E% hiti n ..f Oui \ iti , runts pp 117- 



1:1 ri .ill . I . I 1 I I h ..lEuro 



pi M ' 1 Bush 



liM ' I 1 Man 



\\uL\li\in^ ' i'/i tliL^l'iiihc slopu HusmlnTg 

 (Tripe Cultuii md \\ mc Mikmg in Cilifornia Wick 

 son s tihfornn Fruits ind Eisen s 'Raisin Industr\ 

 aie current guides Detailed discussions of pruning 

 and methods of trainmg are contained m "The Prun 

 ins Book ' A standard European monograph is Foe\ b 

 Cours Complet de Viticulture. ' 



V 



-Onderdonk, 



m order to keep it off the ground out of the way of the 

 \\orkiuen and to ^0 arrange the fruit that it will be well 

 exposed to light and air In order to understand the 

 pruning t 1 1 i| 1 s tlit operator must fully grasp this 

 princii 1 J I I I I Die on uood of the present sea- 

 son uh I III I III II ood of the p7eiioii!> season To 

 illusti it \ _i Willi, h. ot irtiui of Is'lO makes 



buds In 1 IIHI a sli t 1 •■ 111 ml near 



the base ot this shoe t tl , 1 lus- 



ters on each) This 1 i 1899 



shoot IS shown at thf 1 1 i < lus- 



to be mastered is thu 

 lilted mimhn of ili,. 



huds \ li 1 1 

 httk liii_ 1 I t 

 Th. s nil 

 should I I 



from ot bii \ slii .t bears cln« 

 jond these tlusteis the shoot ^1 

 cane An a^eiage of two clusti 1 

 shoot If the vine is strong em n 

 30 good buds must be left at th. 

 much a vine should be allowed 

 the %ariety distance apart of the 

 soil, age of the vine, system of pruning, and the ideals 



stien^th of the 



