138 THE NURSERY AND THE ORCHARD. 



height. At the end of the first year of training the ver- 

 tical canes are cut back to two bads each, which make 

 canes for the next year's bearing — twice as many as there 

 were the first year, or two to each spur. At the end of 

 the second year, the upper cane of each spur is cut away 

 entirely, and the other is cut back to two buds, which 

 make canes for the next year's bearing. It is thus kept 

 up year after year, and may be varied and enlarged upon 

 in many ways. The underlying principle is the horizon- 

 tal arm, from which young fruiting shoots are grown 

 each year. Bow training to a single stake is represented 



Fig 100.— Bow system of Fig. 101.— Multiplied bow- 



training. * training. 



in jig. 100. One of the canes {fig. 95) is left to form the 

 bow for next year's bearing, and the other is cut back to 

 two buds, which make upright canes. At the close of 

 the season, the bow has borne a crop, and is cut away, 



