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THE CULTIVATOR. 
GRAPE CULTURE. 
From Wilson's Economy of the Kitchen Garden, wc 
take the following* directions for the training of the grape 
vine. The first is calculated for a scale where the plait 
is to cover a space eight feet in width, and of any height 
from eight to eighteen feet or more. 
No. 1 on the plate is a represenation of the plant when 
set out, of one year's growth from the cutting, and is to 
be cut off to one good bud, as at a. The lower bud is 
seldom counted, and only the upper bud is to be allowed 
to produce one shoot; the young buds on this shoot will 
many of them shoot out in the course of the summer 
which should be pinched off. 
No. 2 represents the plant of one shoot, one year after 
being plan ed, and is to be cut down to two good buds, 
as at b, about fifteen or eighteen inches high from the 
ground. The shoots from these two buds are to be 
trained to a trellis, horizontally, to a distance of four feet, 
and then their ends pinched off, as we intend the plant to 
fill a space in width of eight feet. 
No. 3 represents the plant two years after setting out, 
with the two last year's horizontal shoots as they must be 
cut into three good buds. The two buds next to the stem, 
are to be allowed to shoot and grow upright as high as 
they please, to be tied up to the trellis, and the end buds 
to be trained horizontally, to the limits of three or four 
feet distance, and again pinched off. 
No. 4 represents the 
plant three years from 
setting out with its 
two last year's upright 
shoots, as they must 
be cut down to four 
good buds, which are 
this year to bear fruit, 
and the horizontal cut 
into three good buds; 
their shoots are all to 
be trained upright, 
which will complete 
the head of your vine 
with eight branches 
at about one foot apart. 
No. 5 represents the 
vine four years after 
setting out, with the 
two cen f re branches that bore fruit last year, as they 
must be cut down near to their origin. The two next 
cut down to four buds for bearing fruit. The next 
two to one good bud, for producing one good wood shoot. 
The next and last two, to three buds for bearing fruit, 
its regular culture, afterwards, is to cut four of the 
>ranches low down, and to leave four longer to bear 
Yuit alternately, always allowing the branches that bear 
fruit the one year, to be cut down, for recovering a good 
s toot again for bearing the next. The other mo le of 
training, is called horizontal training, but may be exten- 
led to any height or distance, so as you retain the lead- 
ng shoot, or it may be confined to a very low space by 
rutting it off. 
No. 6 represents the 
plant when set out, the 
same age as the other; 
to be cut also to one 
good bud, as at e. This 
buil to be allowed to 
produce one good, 
shoot. 
No. 7 represents the 
plant one year after set¬ 
ting out,to be cut down 
to three good buds as 
at e. The shoot from 
the upper one of which 
is to be trained upright, 
and the two lower ones 
to be trained horizon¬ 
tally. 
No. 8 represents the 
plant two years from 
setting out, the leading shoot of which is to be cut down to 
nine buds as at e. The upper bud to be allowed to shoot up¬ 
right, and all the others horizontally; four feet from each 
side. The two last year’s horizontal, cut as they must be 
o one good bud, its shoots to be trained as it was last 
year. 
No. 9 represents the plant three years after selting out, 
with its branches cut as they must be. The two lower 
ones to three good buds for bearing fruit. The next two 
cut to one good bud for wood. The next two, to three 
for fruit. The next two, to one. The other two to three, 
and the leading one again to nine. The upper bud to have 
its shoots continue upright—the other eight horizontally. 
No. 10 represents the plant four years from setting out, 
with its branches cut as they must be. The lower two, 
to one good bud; the second two, to three buds; the 
third two to one; the fourth two to three; the fifth two 
to one: the sixth two to three; the seventh two to one; 
the eighth two to three; the ninth two to one, and the 
leading shoot to nine buds, all to be managed in the same 
way as last year. And in this way you may continue your 
plant as far as there is room: when that is terminated, 
cut off your leading shoot, and regulate all the horizontal 
branches so that they may bear fruit and wood alternate¬ 
ly to the end of the grape vine’s existence. 
It may be necessary to observe, that in the first mode 
described for training the vine, the two horizontal branch¬ 
es or arms to support the upright shoots, are intended to 
extend four feet from each side of the main stem, and on 
each of them are to be selected four upright branches 
which will make them about a foot apart. It will be ne¬ 
cessary to rub off any intermediate buds, so as to regulate 
them, to be placed at proportionate distances. And af¬ 
ter they are once cut down to one bud, the next year’s 
cutting down would be a joint higher, and this may safe¬ 
ly be allowed for a year or two; bnt whenever they get 
too far above the arms, by cutting down to the lowermost 
new bud, they must be cut down on the old wood near to 
their origin, and only one good shoot allowed to grow; 
any other bud to be rubbed off. And the same rule must 
be observed in cutting all (hose trained on a horizontal 
plan. In directing vine buds to be left on the leading 
shoot, it is only intended in case the plant be very strong 
and vigorous; should it not be so, it would be better to 
cut it to five, or even to three buds; in which case there 
would be only one or two branches on each side instead 
of four, as exhibited in the plate; and the choice of num¬ 
bers should always be regulated by the strength and con¬ 
dition of the vine. 
Out of every thousand men, twenty-eight die annually* 
