THE GRAPE VINE. 



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will be produced, on each of which, one or two bunches 

 of grapes may be ripened. In this way the vine goes on 

 adding every season two new upright canes, and two or 

 three feet in length to the previous ones, until the whole 

 trellis is covered ; when the management will consist in 

 priming the spurs every winter to about three eyes. Each 

 fruit branch should only be allowed to produce two 

 bunches of fruit, and the top should be pinched at the 

 second eye, or joint above the fruit (see cross line, fig. 

 124), in order to arrest the production of useless wood, 

 and turn the sap to the benefit of the fruit. Fig. 12G 

 represents the appearance of a vine trained in this way. 



By such a system 

 as this the trellis is 

 covered in every 

 part with bearing 

 wood, the fruit and 

 the foliage are all 

 exposed fully to the 

 sun, an uniformity of 

 vigor is maintained 

 between the differ- 

 ent parts, and the 

 appearance is beau- 

 tiful. A trellis may be covered with a vine by other 

 modes requiring less labor perhaps, and less time, but none 

 will be found more beneficial or satisfactory in the end. 



In the management of a grape vine, as in the manage- 

 ment of other trees, summer pruning is of great conse- 

 quence. If a vine is left to itself all summer, or from one 

 winter pruning to another, it will be found that a vast 

 quantity of useless wood has been produced, and that to 

 the serious detriment of the bearing shoots for the follow- 

 ing year. Every two weeks the growing vine should be 



Trained, with horizontal arms, A, B. supporting 

 vertical permanent canes, spur pruned. 



