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above ten inches apart. The wires should be securely fastened 

 to one end post passing through the other end and through sta- 

 ples driven in the inside posts, so as to allow the wires free play 

 through them. This method allows loosening of the wires in 

 autumn and tightening of them in summer. The form of trellis 

 best adapted to the Kniffen and Munson methods will be found 

 described under those heads. 



The second year after planting and as soon as the weather 

 is settled the vine should be uncovered, using a garden fork, 

 which is the best tool for this purpose. Permit only one cane to 

 grow, and that the strongest which starts. Rub off all the other 

 buds that show while they are small. Tie the cane, as it grows, to 

 stakes or wires and if it grows rapidly, pinch off the top once 

 when it reaches the upper wire. 



The pruning in the fall of the second year should consist in 

 cutting off all the laterals in other words, in cutting off all tne 



Fig. 112 Pruning grape vines. Old vine trained on one cane spur 

 renewal system. 



