Trellises Much Better Than Arbors 185 



varieties — the Scuppernong. They require entirely dif- 

 ferent treatment from those of the northern fox -grape 

 type in many respects, such as propagation, training 

 and pruning. Nurserymen have misled growers by stat- 

 ing that they cannot be pruned or grown from cuttings, 

 both of which statements are erroneous. It is true that 

 they do not grow so readily from cuttings as varieties of 

 the other type, but long cuttings taken soon after the 

 leaves are shed, grow quite readily. Within a hundred 

 yards of where I now write there are many vines which 

 I propagated from cuttings. The mistake in regard to 

 growing them from cuttings is based upon ignorance of 

 the proper season for pruning them. 



They should be pruned as soon as the leaves fall. If 

 pruned later, they "bleed" very injuriously, while no 

 injury results from pruning at the proper season. It has 

 been customary, ever since the discovery of the Scupper- 

 nong variety in North Carolina, to train all varieties of 

 this type on arbors, and yet there are very serious 

 objections to this method. Amongst these are: 



(a) Difficulty in gathering the grapes. 



(b) Difficulty in repairing the arbors. 



(c) The necessity for adding to the arbors annually. 



(d) The vines become matted toward the center of 



the arbor and cease bearing except around 

 the edges. 



(e) No cultivation can be given the vines. 



I much prefer training the vines on a trellis, for the 

 following reasons: 



(a) The facility with which they may be pruned. 



