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wire, while the new cane that is to bear fruit the next 

 season is trained to the lower wire. Chestnut, cedar, or 

 catalpa posts are the most durable, and No. 12 or No. 14 

 galvanized wire is used. The posts are about eight feet 

 long, set three feet into the ground. The top wire is 

 about five feet from the ground, the second one being 

 placed about eighteen inches below it. The fruit is borne 

 upon the top wire (Fig. 67) while one or more new canes 

 are grown upon the lower wire, with which to replace 



FIG. 67 A Sincle Vine with Fruit on the Top Wire. 



that above after the fruit is gathered. During the sum- 

 mer growth of all canes but the new ones is to be checked 

 by pinching, thus forcing all growth into the fruit and 

 the new canes that are to bear fruit next year. The 

 ends of the laterals on the upper canes that bear the 

 fruit must be pinched off as soon as the last cluster of 

 fruit buds appear, which is often the last of May or 

 early June, and whenever new buds start on these 

 laterals all but one leaf should be pinched off. There 

 are many other systems of pruning and training prac- 

 ticed by grape growers, but the above recommends 

 itself as simple, requiring but little work; besides, the 



