TRAINING VARIOUS FORMS. 



feet long ; and also a small cane from a base bud, 

 which must be cut low enough to get another 

 small cane from a base bud; thirdly, on the part 

 of the arm newly laid down we have an upright 

 cane, which must be pruned to the lowest bud; 

 last, we have another cane, which must be pruned 

 about two feet long. The other arm must be 

 pruned in the same way. The reader will get 

 a good idea of the system from an examination 

 of Fig. 83. 



In the spring the treatment will be as fol- 

 lows, beginning at the stock, as before : from 

 the first spur grow a cane for renewal ; on the 

 cane on the second spur grow fruit, and take a 

 small cane from a base bud ; on the third spur 

 grow a renewal cane, and also a cane from a 

 base bud ; on the cane at the end grow fruit, 

 and also a small cane from a base bud. The 

 summer treatment will be the same as before. 

 The pruning and treatment in subsequent years 

 will be only a repetition of what has now been 

 described, each alternate cane being annually 

 fruited, and the others renewed. Fig. 84 shows 

 a section of the system complete, as arranged 

 for covering a wall six or seven feet high. This 

 system, though written about by almost every 

 body, is very rarely comprehended, and it must 



