The Drooping System. 



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of Kniffin used in some of the large new vineyards 

 of western New York. It differs from the type in 

 the training of the young wood. These shoots, 

 instead of being allowed to hang at will, are carried 

 out horizontally and either tied to the wire or 



24. THE Y-TRUNK KNIFFIN. 



twisted around it. The advantage urged for this 

 modification is the little injury done by wind, but, 

 as a matter of practice, it affords less protection 

 than the true drooping Kniffin, for in the latter the 



