96 



AMERICAN GRAPE CULTURE. 



that it is the system of Guyot without the 

 shelter that is practiced among us. In this 

 system, also, in its earli- 

 est forms, may be seen the 

 germ of the horizontal arm, 

 which is the horizontal re- 

 newal made permanent, and 

 in that respect an improve- 

 ment, especially where excel- 

 lence of fruit is concerned. 



We propose now to de- 

 scribe the training of Dr. 

 Guyot. This, for the first 

 two years, is like that al- 

 ready described for horizon- 

 tal arms, and need not, there- 

 fore, be detailed here. At 

 the end of the second year 

 we have two upright canes, 

 as in Fig. 45. The cane on 

 the left must be cut at the 

 two lowest buds, to form a 

 spur ; and that on the right 

 at the mark h; it should 

 not, however, this year be 

 more than two feet long. 

 The cane on the right is for bearing fruit, and 



Fig. 45. 



