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leaving another equal distance below unpro- 

 ductive. "Cutting back" down to A, B, C, 

 D, E, would only be attended with the loss 

 of one season's fruiting, to go the same course 

 over again. This does not come from faulty 

 pruning, but from a radically defective plan. 



The principal objection to the Thomery 

 plan for high trellises is the slowness with 

 which it is necessary to proceed, six or seven 

 years being required for its establishment in 

 full bearing. There need be, however, but 

 little if any delay in getting fruit beyond 

 that of any other permanent system, and none 

 at all when proper vines are obtained. 



In Figs. 45 and 48 a more expeditious way 

 of covering a wall or arbor is shown, but 

 one promising less permanence. Fig. 76 is a 

 modification of the same, making it a renewal 

 plan, for which canes are provided as at P, 

 to be pruned at the cross mark, and laid 

 down to take the place of the arm O, which 

 is to be cut away. It may also be made 

 a system of permanent arms by pinching the 

 canes grown for renewal like the others, and 

 then pruning all the canes on the arms to 

 spurs. 



Vines are very picturesquely grown on the 



