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CHAPTER XII. 



PRUNING AND TRAINING. 



The method of pruning and training which I jDursued 

 with my first acre, is in some respects superior to any- 

 other method. It is very simple, and easily understood. 

 No method could be better in those localities where it is 

 necessary or desirable to lay down the vines for winter 

 protection. It will be seen that the young growing canes 

 can be supported by tying at any point of their growth, 

 which is very important. With ordinary wire trellises, 

 tliis is not the case, as the young cane has to grow from 

 one wire to another before it can be fastened. In most 

 sections, also, this method is less expensive than where 

 trellises are employed. Another advantage is tliat the 

 stakes may be put in before planting, and thus used to 

 train to from the first. In other methods, stakes have to 

 be put in to support the vines until old enough to train to 



