Show o 0 ll l ao 0 PRUNING TREES AND VINES VINES' GETS RESULTS 4 It Is' Is always advisable advisable to give the fruit trees and nd nd vines some n needed ed a at tl nUon In la the form torm of pruning Afew A Afew few hours hours' careful work with the pruning prun prun- tug ing shears and ind hook will greatly featly Increase In cren crease e future fruit yields fields On the average farm tann the grape probably receives the least pruning of ot any aDY any of the fruit plants Too Too often otten when pruning Is done the vines are pruned by the spur system Instead of the long cane system which horticulturists horticulturists advise Grapes s ar are produced on shoots shoots' ota which S spring from one old wood and the pruning of ot the vine Is therefore therefore therefore there- there fore primarily a renewal prop proposition s A certain amount of wood of the previous pre pI years year's growth must be saved each year for fruit production and Met provision m made for tor a renewal growth which can be used the folio folio- folioIng follo Ing year In pruning a vine according to to the the thelong thelong long cane cone system ennes canes that grow V well balk hack on 00 tb the body bOOI of the vine Une should be saved aed Instead of selecting those that are farthest away from the base of the Vine tine Tour Four to six long canes with a total of ot thirty five to fifty buds should be enough to produce a 8 good crop on one vine It Is Is a good plan plant t to leave a h few spurs attached to the main body of ot the vine and two or or three feet above ground These will send Bend out new canes to produce the follow followIng ng j years year's cars car's crop crop rop The best fruitIng fruitIng fruit fruit- Ing lug cane enne Is th which that t Is about as thick as a lead lend pencil and carries ten to t el twelve e b buds ds sly lly long canes In IU the tile m main ln p part rt of the vine for fruiting the vines con can be k keit t from spreading over a large area area and much useless wood growth may be dispensed w with Wal Yale War laces lace's Partner a er |