THE GRAPE VINE. lOI 



tious buds there will break again and form fruit-bearing 

 wood. By cutting back a certain number annuallj^ 

 they can thus be kept within bounds, or young rods 

 can be brought away from the bottoms of the vines, 

 and the old ones cut out altogether. 



TRAINING. 



With regard to the extension system of training, 

 by which a vine is made to fill a whole house, 

 there can be no objection to it, provided a border ex- 

 tending away from the front of the vinery in proportion 

 to the extension of the branches can be secured for 

 that large range which an immense vine, filling it 

 may be one large house, requires for its roots. This 

 condition secured, there can be no objection urged 

 against what is called the extension system. Another 

 matter to be taken into consideration is, that a vine 

 having its roots extending to an immense border area 

 is less under control, especially for early forcing. All 

 things considered, I prefer in a general way a compro- 

 mise between the one-rod and the extension system ; 

 and think that a vine limited to two main rods is, in 

 by far the majority of cases, more under the control 

 of the cultivator, and best adapted for early forcing. 



For the supply of summer and autumn grapes, there 

 can be no objection to filling a house with a vine or two, 

 provided that a run of border congenial to them can 

 conveniently be provided for such large vines. In some 

 localities where the vinery is set down in a soil naturally 

 congenial, there is little diflSculty in this respect. But 

 in the majority of cases the border has to be artificially 

 prepared and limited ; under such circumstances, it is 

 better to restrict the vines to two or three rods, 



