TRAINING JLJKA PLAN. 



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will afford the reader a good subject for experi- 

 ment as well as amusement. For the vineyard, 

 too, we prefer it to the bow system, as it is even 



Fig. 65. 



Fig. 66. 



more simple, and will produce better fruit. The 

 vines may be planted three or four feet apart. 

 An inspection of Figs. 67, 68 will make the 

 treatment very plain. The first year a good cane 

 is to be grown, and in the fall cut down to 

 about two feet. The second year four fruit canes 

 are to be grown, as shown at # ? 5, <?, d, in the 

 vine in Fig. 67. These are to be converted 

 into double spurs in the usual way at the next 

 pruning, and the system is complete. The prun- 



