The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
373 
Pruning the Grape 
Part II. 
Fruiting Canes.—N ow, that cane re¬ 
ferred to above, the one nearest to stein, 
is trimmed free from tendrils and excess 
vines; that is. all but the slender close- 
budded fruiting shoots, and those are 
clipped back to about 4 ft.—just so they 
are long enough to reach from lower wire 
to two buds above, upper wire. Of these 
there should be not to exceed three on 
each fork or arm ; this arm is now brought 
down and. together with the fruiting 
canes; twisted one or more times around 
lower wire—the same on other arm. This 
twisting is an operation that belongs to 
the tier, who follows the primer. Here 
it should be added that the shoots neces¬ 
sarily carry around with the arm. It 
must be done carefully so that there may 
be no sharp, quick bends, as grapevines 
are very sensitive to sharp bending, lest 
they snap oil. This applied to new wood 
only, however; it requires the greatest 
effort to break older wood. With the arm 
twisted around lower wire as directed, 
there is no wiring m- tying to be done ex¬ 
cept at. upper wire. The fruiting canes— 
about six. some leave only four-—are tied 
to it: they should be selected with refer¬ 
ence to even or equal spacing; spacing. 
Cliaitlauijiia Sgslrm of drupe Training 
too. can be regulated by twisting. The 
beginner will have to test the length and 
the position of these vines. 
Contrasted Systems. —When pruning 
and tying both arc completed the individ¬ 
ual plant will present an appearance not 
very unlike the diagram above. This 
system is known as the Chautauqua sys¬ 
tem. and is quite generally practiced, with 
some modifications, throughout the fa¬ 
mous Lake Erie grape belt. Another sys¬ 
tem know as the Knifi’en single-stem four- 
cane system is shown below. Ilere 
two of the fruiting canes themselves are 
trained horizontally on each wire, as con¬ 
trasted with the former system, where all 
fruiting canes are trained vertically from 
lower to upper wire. The latter has one 
advantage over the former in that canes 
are never "too short.” By the former 
system it happens sometimes that some 
of the canes are too short and require 
"stringing up”-—by which term is meant 
that an extension tie must be used to se¬ 
cure it to upper wire. On the other 
hand, tin 1 former system undoubtedly 
gives a nicer and better distribution of 
the fruit clusters, and none of them hang 
below the lower wire. 
Arrangement ok Fruit Spurs.—A 
grape plant properly and scientifically 
pruned, it can be readily seen, present*; a 
mere skeleton, and to make it do that and 
save the right wood and have that, wood 
evenly distributed is where the trick lies. 
If the fruiting canes do not issue out 
evenly apart one or more may be given a 
twist or more around lower wire until it 
takes the proper position ; they may even 
Kniffin ingle-cane Four-arm Fgsteni 
be reversed and used on opposite sides; it 
makes no difference to grapevines how 
many times they are twisted around, only 
that they do not “snap.” As said above, 
this twisting and arranging of fruiting 
canes belongs to the tying operation. But 
the pruner must familiarize himself with 
the requirements of the tier. Of course 
the pruner, to be practical, must compre¬ 
hend the requirements of the tying gang 
and leave canes long enough so they will 
be available for twisting. In a way the 
amateur might best begin by learning to 
tie properly pruned vines; here he could 
quickest learn what i.s wanted. 
To the beat of my recollection I have 
never seen the twisting factor referred to 
in any of the many treatises that have 
come under my notice, hut I believe, nev¬ 
ertheless, that it is a very desirable and 
important factor. 
Vine Renewal. —Sometimes, because 
of disease, and again on account of old 
age. it becomes necessary to renew entire 
plant from ground up. Often, and espe¬ 
cially wlnm plant has become diseased 
and circulation through stem impaired, 
it will throw out new shoots from below 
the ground, and as the grape is grown ; 
from cuttings and is not budded, as are ! 
fruit-tree seedlings, one of these shoots 
may be made to take the place of original 
plant. It is merely cut just above, and 
tied, to lower wire: the ensuing growth 
will be the new plant, and should be 
treated same as was former, or original 
plant, the latter to be discarded entirely. 
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