Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-20
lane Pruning
ii Training

Nh no other fruit Is Ihe mater OF
W. nruning so important as with
PEI - This should be done in
sa ,al with q fixed purpose in
se. .atina into consideration the
he vine and the manner
..a;ning. There are certain
rental principles to be remem-
Y boweyer, regardless of whether
ssn. Il trained to a trellis, an
'm ar IA stakes. Pruning may be
~ ~ anv time after the leaves
- a. autumn, and before sap
,,s 10 flow in early spring, ex-
~ Sbsn the wood is frozen hard.
|sobly the best time is just before
sap flows.
you are beginning with a
.v.m that was set last year,
III cut back every vine to. two
- The second year it will be
ls,apred a bearing vine and a
bearing wood should be left,
beginning right and training the
properly, the grower will save
y useless cutting back later.
ne thing you must always re-
knber is that not all canes bear
That extremely long-jointej
ges are almost sure to be barren.
II canes growing out from the
H. trunk Of extremely old wood
r. little fruit. The fruiting canes
f. short joints and plump buds
/ grow from wood q year older
h themselves. Keeping these
rs in mind, you will have little
EIculty In selecting the canes you
Fud leave. Obviously judicious
Inning does not consist in removing
certain proportion Of the old
lod REGARDLESS of what canes you
Es and what you leave.
In ordinary methods OF training,
n canes, each carrying five buds
n be ample fruiting wood, and
young vines, half this much
m be enough to leave. These
hes should grow out from wood
year older than themselves. if
sctcable. There is a use. however.
/ the long jointed barren ones,
me of which you will always find.
here these grow out from the
ain trunk, one or two Of them
lould be cut back to two buds.
hese buds will produce long bearing
mes for next year. SO that 1t is
,sible to look year ahead and
OXIDE better wood. and a more
vine, by making use
this knowledge. Where an old
no has been neglected and grown
nger than is desirable, much Of II
N be dispensed with by leaving
airing spurs low down on the
INK, and when these have de-
loped into bearing canes, cut the
top off.
Grape vines must have air and
might and possibly no better
3thod Of training has been devised
an that provided by two or three
res fastened securely to posts. If
o canes only are left, these should
trained to the lower wires, one
ming each way from the trunk
d the laterals springing from these
hes are trained upward to the wires
owe. Also short lateral shoots
ringing from the main canes should
cut back to two buds.
In fha ,sy,hrallo onN 4,vnx,y. n = a
stems Of training. which are de-
able in some sections, the trunk
tends up to the top wire and the
mes are tied there. the new growth
nging down. This allows more
to circulate beneath the fruit
vine, Where only a few vines
e planted for home use. they are
Ten trained over an arbor. A very
ostantial arbor is made of ordi-
Try hah-inch or three-quarter iron
pc for posts and cross bars, using
BOWS and T-joints for connections.
Nhen training a vine over 9
ellls the main trunk should be
aned upward and secured in place.
e flrst lateral being at least four
et from the ground. There will
.scessarily be more wood left than
men men the vines are trained to
gus Or to stakes but only suffi-
snl or the fruiting canes should
lelt each year to cover the arbor.
.oo much is left the fruit will
INFERIOR and will not ripen proper
". Mpe.her you follow any of these
~ OF training. or devise one of
~ Iu' own, the principles of pruning
y ~, remain the same, namely, Short
. m'eo canes from young wood will
'alce the fruit, the barren canes
~, .ne buds on them will grow
~slhg canes for next season. Also
!, ,eie pruning insures better fruit
ID earlier ripening.