Show v sf t horticulture PRUNE AND TRAIN GRAPE VINE grow the best fruit the vine should be frequently cut back and renewed the grape vine should be planted deeper than it was in the nursery and cut back to a strong bud only one shoot should be allowed to grow the nex spring it should be again cut back to a strong bud the length of the cane varying with its size says the prairie farmer the terminal bud only should be allowed to develop and the cane should be tied to a stout stake as it grows 1 the next spring it should be cut back at the height ot four or five feet r according to the hind ot trellia to be used and three buds at the top should i v be allowed to develop into shoots the following spring the vines will J be ready for a trellis the favorite forma are known as vertical and horl fa contal the vertical trellis consists ot vine of vertical trellis showing forearm kniffin system a points for pruning for complete renewal b method of tying eight toot posts set two and one halt ftc feet in the ground at intervals ot twenty to thirty feet these generally carry two lines of no 10 galvanized wire respectively four and five and one halt feet from the ground the end posts should be strong and well braced and the wire should be so arranged that the slack can be taken up when necessary the other posts need not be very large it twenty feet apart but for thirty feet good sized posts are desirable the horizontal trellis differs in hav ing a strip placed on edge horizontally at the top ot the post so as to form an arm two feet long upon which three wires are carried the previous years three shoots were grown on each ine for the two wire vertical trellis two 0 them should be placed on the lower wire and cut back to ten buds each the other shoot should be cut off at the s height ot the upper wire and a shoot from it should be trained in each direction for the three wire horizon tal trellis a shoot should be trained upon each of the wires two in one direction and one in the other and all should b cut back to eight buds the simplest and most satisfactory method of training the grape is by the knien system the fruiting arms are tied to the wires in the spring and the new shoots as they come ou are al lowed to hang down to grow the best fruit whatever system is used the vines should be frequently cut back and renewed some prefer to renew all the canes each year starting all ot them from the main trunk ot the vine while t others renew but once in two years whatever the method of pruning or training one should endeavor to leave about 40 buds upon each vine and these could be as near the main trunk as possible WARNING TO FRUIT GROWERS crown gall Is warty outgrowth or excrescence upon the apple peach pear and other trees crown gall Is a term applied to certain warty out growths or excrescences upon the apple pear peach raspberry etc forming chiefly on the parts below ground on the apple these growths are more apt to occur on grafted trees at the union of the root and the clon but they may form at any place where the roots have been injured in transplanting etc experiments by the department of agriculture show that crown gall 1 caused by specific parasite every wilst should carefully inspect all stock which he purchases tor setting all trees showing evidence ot crow a gall should be either returned to the shipper or burned and future orders placed with nurseryman nurserymen nursery men who can anil will furnish trees tree from dieas under no condition should trees be planted which show growths ot this kind upon the roots for not only will it result in an unthrifty and able tree but it will also endanger other plants inspection of nursery stock representative scott of kansas Is the author 0 a bill which provides tor government inspection of nursery stock at point of entry to be desly bated by the secretary of an appropriation of Is carried by the bill which also authorizes the secretary to establish a quarantine against the importation or port atlon in interstate commerce ot diseased or infected nursery stock rhe bill has been favorably acted upon by the house committee |