Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-07-06

Summer Pruuing the Grap..

Tr1m ths Nmsr,,an Ag,ouuuu.t.
Sumner Pruning the Grape.
The question is sometime, asked Why
rrune vine. At ALL Why no, let them ran.
~, over fence, and tree like Wild viue.
Well, YOU may do -, II you want Wild
erar... and u YOU Ike 70 climb into tres
70 get them. Bat, Il you w''h to keep your
vine. within reach. and Il You wish them
to bear iruit on their lower branches, y0u
mus, pruns them.
\. % summer.rruninsa a word or two
Fall or Winter pruning tends to excite Wig
orous aud rampant growth in tho canes
which AZ. lcli. The uclli. soon become.
covered with lu,,y young canes and a thick
mas. Of leaves the foliage j. excessive.
Every vino grower mus, have felt the alb
.urdiiy Of producing such sn Oyer.growth
Of wood in summer. just Tor the fun Of cut
ting 4, OF in the FAN. Can't We avoid ,hi.
waste OF wood. aud ,hi. rude hacking u
The vlne' summer pruning, juiici0u,ly
applied. will contribute 10 ,hi, result.
The tendency Of the vine. as With al
fruIt-bcarins tres, i. 10 send tho ZAP with
-rr,tcs, force 10 tho topmo., bui', leaving
,h. lower bod, {, become ". aSer, year al
.,r wear. n We pinch "a these upper shoot,
iu early Summcr-..y whom ihoy have made
two or three tee, OF growth-leavns only
sui.. ., will check thl. excessive erowih At
lie cE,remiuc., and throw more ,ig,r into
the lower branches, Tbc-e top shsoi' will
push again, ani will need a second and per-
hap. third punching. They must, nOvev.
CT, bs allowed u gain a leaf or tvo between
each pInchiu: otherwise tho cheek will Be
too severe. II the lower shoots are not
piachsI Ia At all, or but slightly, they will
gam strength, and thu. Ih. force aEl fruit
OF the vine ~,ll become quite equally dis
,ributci. There will also b. les rampant
wood to hs cut oG IN the winter pruning.
Moreover, a. every on, knows, the ripen-
in: " the fruit aud the healthy growth OF
Of the lower branches depend on the proper
re,urn-GJw of elaborated cap from the ez.
trsm,tc-. n. BY reason Of undue moisture
in a.. soil. or OF uuumely rain. and long
continued damp aud cloudy weather, the
tLe production Of wood is uniuly prolon:.
e.. the fruit clusters will be robbed Of their
ncce.sary TODD the berries will not mature
aui ripeu we'll Here. let the hand OF art
.cs what il can 90. Let 1, check that eI-
cg.,,,s wood srovth, by biPrluso "a tho ends
Of the wat-ry branches. The will send
hack the zap u the clusters and 10 the iruit
buds lor next wear. l, will eaas, the b.r.
r. isto mature earlier. and uniformly in all
parts of tbe vine.
Ofcour.s. al suckers spriu einc up around
the trunk OF the vine should b. pulled ol
a. they appear. Al sup,rauo,s shoots
pu.hins out hs,we,n the iruii beArlng cane,
~ among the canes designed Tor ncIt year.
frui, bearers. should be re.olu,sly pulled
81. Only one frui, bearing shoot should
be- allowed TO grow IRON asinsle join,. No
fruit spur should 10 suffered to bear more
than gwJ clu.ters-somo Say not more than
one The fruit should be picked or jus, in
proportion to III, thinning out Of the branch
%.
Yet, We mus, say, in conclusion. that
.ummcr-pruuing i. often done with too 50.
we're a hand. "wha, il worth doing At
an. say some beginners, Z" is worth doing
we'll :" aud 80 they cut and slash away with
out mercy. OG 20 long shoots, hacked
within few inches Of the clusters. and
down fall the leave. IN showers. $50 a.
to le, the light and air in, say the realous
Woe dres.ers Rather than thi. rude treat.
meni. Ne would say, le, the vine, alone
No one can have watched hi. vince Tor ma.
ny years. without sse,nc that his largest
clusters grow on his most vigorous canes.
Tie practice Of silmpins og the branches
within = lgw inches OF the clusters may an
swer On fprsi-n vines in sraperic., but not
yu 'bs robust natives. Thrcs leaves, at
l.as'. should be retained beyond the clu--
ur' SIP OG ths ends OF rampant canes,
bet 90 not chop them near their base. Prune
ia summer. bat do il with moderation AMI
discretion.