Show girdling grapevines american nearly one hundred and fiat fifty y years ago one colonel Bach buchau atts 0 of matz in fiance waa was exle experimenting ri in girdling or removing a ng carrow arow xing of bark from the bearing hearing canes of grapevines grape vinea for the purpose of its influx UCO on the ruit fruit by removing remo of 0 bark aalt inch in width the downward or re tun low flow of 0 cap eap after att erit it ta een as nimi late I 1 by the haves la is checked d at it sia Si 4 the point of bark denuded wood burbatt Bu chatt claim claimed I 1 that big his dinv inv invention I 1 or discovery discovery would be of value in hastening ten ng the mat maturity arity of the fruit fruit aa as well as i improve I 1 ita its quality but the lauer latter claim baa has rarely been admitted by i in this country or in europe evrope this girdling or annular incision C ion of the vine has his been practiced M td limited extent in this country but far fit more extensively in 1 ranee and by men who sought to determine ita its true value in the production product ioa ot of grapes far for wine making and other purposes ater ter 1 these many years 0 of waiting cagl 31 U wig are tire informed 0 amed through a recent liuo of the R ev ur that the r of a BO 0 much controversy control ersy is isnow now finally i ally bellied settled and its al advantages vantages are summarized aa as follows 1 it pro vents the croppi n g off of the fruity fruit 2 it increases tho the fertility ol 01 the vine tho the size of tho the berries and bunches 3 it the quantity qu antly of the pice in the fruit and for wine male mak aik purposes gea it adds to the saccharine of 0 the must or wat wart and improves the quality of the wine 4 1 it causes the fruit to ripen earlier and thoa thus changes early varieties to the early cl class as s 5 it causes the fruit to bet set earlier and better especially ally on those varieties which are oft n unproductive through excess of growth while we doubt it if american cultivators of the grape have found that girdling improves the he quality of the fruit I 1 it certainly increases the size ol 01 the berries and bunch and hautene maturity at least two or three weeks |