54 BRIGHT ON GRAPE CULTURE. 



will be so effectually checked as to render continued 

 bowing quite unnecessary. 



In tbe vinery or hot-bouse, all first class gardeners 

 bend down the canes in spring till the lower eyes break 

 strongly, before tieing up the vines to the trellis, in 

 order to ensure an equal diffusion of sap to all parts of 

 the cane. This is all the bowing that is really neces- 

 sary. 



Our objection to the bowing plan is, that the vine 

 cannot be so easily and effectually secured to the stake 

 or trellis, and is more liable to be blown about by the 

 wind, to the injury of the fruit, while it has a rough, 

 straggling appearance, and does not form so pleasing an 

 object to the spectator, as when trained in an erect 

 position . 



