84 FRUTT (JARDEN. 



supplied to the vine in some form, or otherwise its pro- 

 ductiveness must be very limited. 



Management of the Vine under Glass. — The vines 

 may be planted either on the inside or outside of the 

 grapery, to correspond with the rafters to which they are 

 to be trained. "VYhen on the outside, a bank of earth 

 is to be raised over the roots, and the vines brought 

 under the outer wall through appropriate notches. 



Training and Pi^uning. — The main stems are to be 

 cut off even with the bottom of the glass, and two 

 shoots allowed to start from it the first season, and if 

 any fruit appears, one bunch may be allowed to grow 

 on the strongest shoot. Train the shoots up the rafters 

 as high as they will go, but do not top them when a 

 third or half way up, as some have advised. The suc- 

 ceeding winter lay the strongest shoot within two or 

 three feet of the past season's grow^th, cutting the 

 weakest shoot to within one eye of the preceding sea- 

 son's growth. The strongest stem may have ten or 

 twelve eyes all producing fruit, of which one bunch 

 may be allowed to each eye. The Aveakest branch left 

 without any fruit may be permitted to grow as much 

 as it will. The second winter cut back the strong shoot 

 to within two eyes of the old wood, and allow one shoot 

 to grow from it. One shoot is to be trained without 

 fruit for next season's crop. Four shoots may be finally 

 left on the vine, one-half of which may be allowed to 

 bear every year, the other two being cut back for fruit- 

 ing the following season. This is commonly termed 

 the long cane system^ and is regarded as the most sim- 

 ple and very best method of pruning followed in the 

 United States. 



Pruning consists of winter pruning and summer 



