TRAINING SYSTEM OF GUYOT. 



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kind of vine and its native disposition to bear. 

 In Fig. 48, the vine on the left shows the sys- 

 tem of Gruyot ; that on the right, Guyot's sys- 

 tem as improved, a and b indicating the points 

 where the arm was lengthened, the last addition 

 not being yet spurred. Fig. 49 shows the same 

 vines in fruit and leaf. 



Fig. 49. 



The improved Guyot system is one of the 

 best, both for the amateur and the vineyard. 

 Its safety-valves give us a control over the vine 

 which no system can possess without them. In 

 practice we have found them a valuable aid, 

 and in that light they are regarded by those 

 who have adopted them. They are valuable in 



