CHAPTER IX 



VINIFERA GEAPE TRAINING 



The Old World grape, Vitis vinifera, is a dis- 

 tinct species or type from the American grapes, 

 and the methods of training and pruning which 

 apply to the one may not apply to the other. 

 We have already seen (Chapter VII.) that early 

 American grape training was a transplantation 

 of European methods. The Vinifera is the grape 

 which is grown in the Pacific region for wine 

 and raisins, and it is the grape of glass-houses. 



CALIFORNIA PRACTICE* 



(F. T. BlOLETTl) 



The literature relating to the pruning and 

 training of the vine is already very voluminous, 

 but there seems to be no one work which treats 



*This account is founded on "Vine Pruning," by F. T. Bioletti, Bull. 

 119, Cal. Exp. Sta., Dec., 1897, the bulletin being used for this purpose by 

 permission. Unless otherwise stated, the chapter is a verbatim tran- 

 scription of Bioletti's essay. Not all of the bulletin, however, is here 

 reproduced. Some of the illustrations have been redrawn, and others 

 have been reduced in size. The bulletin was reprinted in the "Cali- 

 fornia Fruit-Grower," Jan. 15 to Feb. 5, 1898. 



Persons who are interested in the pruning and training of the wine 

 or raisin grape in America should also consult Wickson's " Calif ornia 

 Fruits" and Eisen's "Raisin Industry." 



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