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Second Group: Trellised Vines. Vines trained on trellises are 

 pruned either with short spurs along permanent rods, or with long 

 fruiting rods. In France, vines trained on wires, with a branch on 

 each side of the stem, are said to be trained espalier fashion, in con- 

 tradistinction to those trained with one main branch only bent on 

 one side of the stem, cordons being the term applied to that system 

 of training. 



The adjoining figure represents the Guyot Cordon and the 

 double Guyot, or Bordeaux Espalier, is represented below. They 

 are limited to these vines which have their fertile buds away from 

 the base of the canes, or those whose basal buds are not regularly 

 fertile. 



Guyot Cordon before pruning. 



The Guyot cordon consists of a long fruiting cane (c), about 

 three or four feet long, and a short wood spur (s) cut back to two 

 buds, which is intended to provide the wood necessary for the 

 subsequent season's pruning. 



For that purpose the cane c is cut clean off, one of the canes 

 shooting from s is tied down in its stead, and another cane from & 

 likewise is cut back to two good spurs the axillary buds not being 

 counted. 



Guyot Cordon after pruning. 



This method of pruning and training, which is suitable for 

 weakly vines of the Pinot tribe, growing on the poor limestone of a> 

 cool country, where it is much in favour, is not to be recommended 

 for our richer soil and under a forcing climate like that of Western 

 Australia. 



A modification of it, and one better suited to our local con- 

 ditions, with vines like the Cabernet, Malbeck and Eiesling, is a 



