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apart, and to these wires are tightly stretched and fastened ; the low¬ 
est wire should be a foot or more from the ground, the next 10 or 
12 inches above, and the other two each 12 to 16 inches apart; by 
increasing the distance between the wires three may be made to an¬ 
swer. A system of training and pruning, after the second year, dif¬ 
ferent from the fan system, and one that is generally liked, especial¬ 
ly for small vineyards, is as follows: The two canes that have been 
formed the third year are cut off within three or four feet of the 
base, and spread out horizontally to form the arms; all shoots 
nearer than one foot of each other are rubbed off; each shoot should 
be tied to the second wire as soon as it has grown sufficiently to 
reach it. If properly trained, each arm ought to produce four or five 
strong shoots, which are trained to the wires in a vertical position. 
At four years of age each shoot should yield two or three bunches 
of fruit. After growing one season each horizontal shoot should be 
cut down to one or two good buds, these grow and form the bearing 
wood for next year, and so, from year to year, this method of prun¬ 
ing and training may be practiced with little deviation. Pruning 
may be done at any time after the leaves fall until the sap starts in 
the spring. 
NOTES ON STATION VINEYARD FOR 1893 AND 1894. 
The Station vineyard, which contains 260 vines, representing 
seventy-five varieties, is on a clay loam, gently sloping towards the 
south. The rows are 8 feet apart, and the vines 8 feet apart in 
the rows. A trellis of two wires is used for training. Between the 
first and middle of November the vines are pruned, laid down and 
covered with earth to a depth of 2 or 3 inches. Generally, about 
the first of May, the covering is removed, the vines again tied 
to the wires and the surface leveled, after which water is applied. 
One or two irrigations, for such soil, followed by good cultivation 
until the middle or last of July, is all that is necessary. In the fol¬ 
lowing descriptions of varieties, and from the value placed on each, 
it should be borne in mind that of many of the kinds only one plant 
was set, and it is well known that individuals of a variety often dif¬ 
fer, so that with some of the sorts, had there been more than one 
vine planted, the results obtained might have been more satisfactory. 
In giving the season of ripening of a variety, the Concord has been 
used for comparison, for the reason that it is more generally known 
than any variety in cultivation. 
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BLACK VARIETIES. 
Aminia {Roger's No. 39—IIyhrid).~Sf\YiQ a good strong grower, 
shoots 5 to 6 feet, wood stocky, season after Concord, medium pro¬ 
ductive, bunches of good size, conipact, berry large, black, skin thick 
and tough, flavor poor. 
