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April 16, 1886
Weekly Commercial Herald
Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
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Practical guide to pruning and training grape vines for small vineyards or gardens, using the arm system on trellises, with planting advice and modifications suggested by grape grower Mr. E. Williams.
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Grape Vines.
Too much wood is ordinarily left on a grape vine in trimming. For small vineyards and garden grapes the pruning shown in the illustrations is very available. The canes are trained to wire or wooden trellises, and every part of the vine thus reaches the sun. It will be easy to extend the same system by crosspieces and a frame overhead, thus making a green and grateful arbor of shelter from the sun in hot weather.
To begin such a grape garden, drive a strong stake in the ground where each plant is to be set. Strong growing varieties of grape, like the Concord, should have the plants set nine feet apart. Dip the lower end of the stakes into coal tar to protect them. Set one vine having roots about twelve inches long at each stake. It should have three or four buds. Rub away all these except the strongest ones. You will then have a single cane to grow.
At the end of the first season it will look like Fig. 1. The next spring cut this cane down to three or four buds. If it has grown as much as three feet this time leave two buds. At the end of the second season there will be two canes, as in Fig. 2.
The beginning of the third season the vine will be ready to train upon the trellis. Fig. 3 shows a vine six years old. Let just two canes grow every year, one upon each side. This is called the arm system of grape pruning.
Mr. E. Williams, a well-known grape grower, says the objection to this system of training is that the arms are liable to be broken off after they have stretched out to great length. He suggests that a wire run along the trellis six inches above the bottom one will remedy this. Tie the shoots to it.
Pruning should be done in the fall. The method is this: Every year cut away all the arm made that season except the branch nearest the main trunk. Bend this around, tie it to the wire and shorten it back to five or six buds. It in turn becomes the main arm. In Fig. 3 the cross marks upon each upright branch show where to prune. Cut the branches away to this.
Planting may be done either in the fall or spring.
Too much wood is ordinarily left on a grape vine in trimming. For small vineyards and garden grapes the pruning shown in the illustrations is very available. The canes are trained to wire or wooden trellises, and every part of the vine thus reaches the sun. It will be easy to extend the same system by crosspieces and a frame overhead, thus making a green and grateful arbor of shelter from the sun in hot weather.
To begin such a grape garden, drive a strong stake in the ground where each plant is to be set. Strong growing varieties of grape, like the Concord, should have the plants set nine feet apart. Dip the lower end of the stakes into coal tar to protect them. Set one vine having roots about twelve inches long at each stake. It should have three or four buds. Rub away all these except the strongest ones. You will then have a single cane to grow.
At the end of the first season it will look like Fig. 1. The next spring cut this cane down to three or four buds. If it has grown as much as three feet this time leave two buds. At the end of the second season there will be two canes, as in Fig. 2.
The beginning of the third season the vine will be ready to train upon the trellis. Fig. 3 shows a vine six years old. Let just two canes grow every year, one upon each side. This is called the arm system of grape pruning.
Mr. E. Williams, a well-known grape grower, says the objection to this system of training is that the arms are liable to be broken off after they have stretched out to great length. He suggests that a wire run along the trellis six inches above the bottom one will remedy this. Tie the shoots to it.
Pruning should be done in the fall. The method is this: Every year cut away all the arm made that season except the branch nearest the main trunk. Bend this around, tie it to the wire and shorten it back to five or six buds. It in turn becomes the main arm. In Fig. 3 the cross marks upon each upright branch show where to prune. Cut the branches away to this.
Planting may be done either in the fall or spring.
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Instructional Guide
Horticultural Advice
What keywords are associated?
Grape Vines
Pruning
Training
Arm System
Trellis
Planting
Concord Variety
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. E. Williams
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Mr. E. Williams
Story Details
Detailed instructions for planting, pruning, and training grape vines using stakes, trellises, and the arm system, with tips to prevent arm breakage and seasonal pruning methods.