188 THE GRAPE CULTURIST. 



bearing shoots are stopped two or three leaves beyond 

 the last bunch of fruit. The two buds left on the spur 

 are allowed to grow and form canes, one of which is 

 taken for the bow next season. The cane which forms 



the bow is cut away 

 after it has borne one 

 season. The cross line 

 at its base shows where 

 it is to be cut. Fig. 70 

 shows the vine as it ap- 

 pears with fruit. The 

 same plan is pursued 

 every year; one of the 

 two canes is cut at a 

 sufficient length to form 

 the bow, and the other 

 cut back to two or three 

 buds. When the vine 

 becomes old and strong, 

 two bows are formed 

 instead of one. The ob- 

 jections to this system, 

 are, that when trained on 

 stakes the bearing shoots 

 have no support, and 

 they swing about, and 

 the fruit is more or less 

 damaged by rubbing 

 against the leaves 

 and vine ; when 

 no. TO. trellises are substi- 



tuted for stakes, this difficulty is removed. Still, the 

 same objection remains which exists in the single arm 

 svstem that is, one portion of the vine is severely 

 checked, while another is allowed to grow freely. The 

 circulation of the sap in the bow becomes less rapid as 



