The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-30
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be made by setting posts five feet or more
above the ground. The first post should
be set four feet outside the first vine and
the rest sixteen feet apart, midway bet
ween the vines, on which should be
fastened three wires, the first, two feet
above the ground, the second eighteen
inches above that, and the third at the
top of the post. There should be but two
bearing canes to each vine yearly. The
pruning should be done in winter or early
spring, before the sap starts.
The canes that bore last year should be
cut down to one bud from which to raise
canes for next years bearing, and the
canes raised last year cut at the proper
length and pick them before they pass
each other, bringing them down to the
first wire in hoop formed so as to have a
space of few inches between it and the
cane from the next vine.
The summer pruning should receive
prompt and careful attent ton, as upon
that largely depends both the present and
the next years crop. When the buds
start select two for next years bearing.
AS these two vines grow they should be
trained up about six inches apart to the
top wire and turned on the wire in oppo-
site directions. All the suckers that
come out of these shoots should be
rubbed off up to the top wire, the point
years bearing, and allowed to grow and
they will have free air and light TO do
their work and form beautiful canopy
over the bearing canes.
The number and size Of the blooms that
will come on each branch of these vines is
fixed in the bud before the cane drops its
leaves in the fall and no pruning the
next year can increase them, but it may
bring more of them to perfection of a
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growth the blooms will appear opposite
the second or third leaf When a leaf
appears with no bloom opposite, there
will be no more blooms on that branch,
and the bud should be pinched off near
the leaf or not more than one left beyond.
The suckers, where there are no grapes,
should be rubbed of; as the buds do not
all put forth at once it is necessary to go
over the work Of pinching several times
to do the work properly.
The sooner the branch is pinched off
when beyond the last bloom, the better,
as the material that would extend the
branch, if stopped, will increase the size
of the forming leaves that are TO feed the
grapes. and the broader the surface of
the leaves the more food they can prepare.
This is demonstrated by the fact that the
larger varieties of grapes have larger
leaves than the smaller varieties. Chill
dren, either boys or girls. ~ years old,
can be taught in few minutes To do this
summer pinching.
Those who have arbors in their yards
or gardens may prune on this general
principle and train the bearing canes in
the space between the vines. where it
will be convenient to do the pinching.
gather the grapes and thin the canes for
next years bearing, over the top Of the
arbor BY properly raising two canes
from each vine as directed, they viii lay
the Foundation for full crop the next
year BY allowing more than two canes
to grow for the next years bearing you
increase the labor and diminish the
crop; instead Of three or four large
punches on each branch you will
have one or two small ones, and
if those who have pruned and trained on
a different method will cut away the
canes that have borne, and select the
best of the past years growth and raise
two from each vine, for next year they
will get full crop and have their vines
in good shape.
If anyone doubts the advantages Of this
method he has only to try it on a portion
of his vines. carrying it out to the letter,
and compare results. 1t may be well for
all who have vines or intend to have them
to paste this in their scrap look.
II. CLAGETT.
Kansas City, Mo,