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as they acquire sufficient length. In autumn, these canes 

 are cut back to firm and strong wood, which will us u ally- 

 leave them bearing from 5 to S buds each. The following 

 spring (the third season of training) these canes are tied 

 to the lower wire of the trellis, and the shoots which grow 

 from the nodes of these canes are tied to the upper wires 

 as they gain sufficient length, and are permitted to take 

 care of themselves after passing the uppermost wire. 

 (Fig. 37.) In the stronger varieties, they often lop over 



Fig. 37. Grape vine trained by high-renewal system. (From Bailey's 

 "Pruning Book.") 



and reach the ground late in the season, but they should 

 not be cut off unless the needs of cultivation demand it, 

 and then the cutting should be delayed as long as possi- 

 ble. These upright shoots may be Expected to bear 1 or 2 

 bunches each, the number depending upon the variety 

 and the vigor of the vine. Thus the vine commences to 

 bear fruit the third year of training. 



The pruning at the close of the third season will consist 

 in cutting off both of the horizontal canes from which the 

 upright shoots grew, as near the trunk of the vine as pos- 

 sible and yet leave two of the stronger upright shoots 

 (which have now become canes) as near the top of the 

 trunk as possible. This reduces the wood at once to two 

 strong canes which have their origin near the top of the 



