PRACTICAL GARDENING 



These will furnish as much bearing wood as 

 the plant can support, but remember that the 

 fruit is borne on shoots of the present season. 



FIG. 69. Pruned grapevine trained by the 6-arm 

 renewal system. 



The object of spring pruning is to limit the 

 number of buds and to keep the plant in man- 

 ageable shape. 



After the bunches of grapes are formed, two 

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