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AMERICAN GRAPE TRAINING 



to "two stakes fixed down to the side of each 

 plant, about five or six feet high ; " in the fall 

 each cane is cut back to three or four buds. In 

 the third spring, these two short canes are spread 

 apart "so as to make an angle of about forty -five 

 degrees with the stem," and are tied to stakes ; 



Dufour's trellis training. 1826. 



this season about two shoots are allowed to grow 

 from each branch, making four in all, and in the 

 fall the outside ones are cut back to three or four 

 buds, and the inner ones to two. These outside 

 shoots are to bear the fruit the fourth year, and 

 the inside ones give rise to renewal canes. These 

 two outer canes or branches are secured to two 

 stakes set about sixteen inches jipon either side 

 of the vine, and the shoots are tied up to the 

 stake as they grow. The renewal shoots from 

 the inside stubs are tied to a third stake set near 



