Show Kniffen System Favored I for foi Pruning of Grapes Horticulturists at the New York experIment experiment ex ex- station have tested out seven methods of pruning grapes over a period perIod pe pe- pe- pe nod of ot years and have published an account of ot their experiments which will be of ot Interest to both the professional professional and amateur grower The I so so- 0 called caned stem single or four cane Kniffen method Is said to be the best According to these authorities this method consists In training a single branch to serve sene as the tile trunk of ot the vine vine with two canes developed at the lower wire and two at nt the upper wire and tied one to the right and one to the left of the trunk along each wire It Is stated that the system may be fully established by the end of the fourth sea season on and that subsequent pruning consists In cutting away all canes but the four mentioned above leaving suf sut- buds at nt each ench level bevel to supply fruiting canes for the toll following owing year The amount of at fruiting wood wood woodIs is thus easily limited to the capacity of at the vine wine by regulating the length of ot the four canes Experiments at the station have led to the conclusion that there Is little choice between early winter pruning and spring pruning of grapes so far as the effect on yield wood growth or maturity of fruit Is concerned It Is Is' Is pointed out however that a better selection selection se se- se- se lection of ot fruiting canes can be made In the spring after the severe winter temperatures have passed than Is possible possible possible pos pos- sible earlier In the season |