THE GRAPE VINE. 



251 



will be produced, on each of wliicli, one or two bunches 

 of grr.pes may be ripened. In this way the vine goes on 

 adding every season two new upriglit canes, and tvv-o or 

 three feet in length to tlie previous ones, until the whole 

 trellis is covered ; when the management will consist in 

 pruning the spurs every winter to about three eyes. Each 

 fruit branch should only be allowed to produce two 

 bunches of fruit, and the top should be pinched at the 

 second eye, or joint above the fruit (see cross line, fig. 

 124), in order to arrest the production of useless wood, 

 and turn the sap to the benefit of the fruit. Fig. 126 

 represents the appearance of a vine trained in this way. 



By such a system 

 as this the trellis is 

 covered in 

 part with 

 wood, the fruit and 

 the foliage are all 

 exposed fully to the 

 sun, an uniformity of 



every 

 bearing 



vigor is maintained 



Fig. 126, 



Trained, witli horizontal arms, A, B, supporting 

 vertical permanent canes, spur pruned. 



between the differ- 

 ent parts, and the 

 appearance is beau- 

 tiful. A trellis may be covered with a vine by other 

 modes requiring less labor perhaps, and less time, but none 

 will be found more beneficial or satisfactory in the end. 



In the management of a grape vine, as in the manage- 

 ment of other trees, summer pruning is of great conse- 

 quence. If a vine is left to itself all summer, or from one 

 w^inter pruning to another, it will be found that a vast 

 quantity of useless wood has been produced, and that to 

 the serious detriment of the bearing shoots for the follow- 

 ing year. Every two weeks the growing vine should be 



