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Show Grape Vines Prosper in Various Kinds of Soil Grape vines are usually planted six to eight feet apart. The grape thrives well In a variety of soils provided there is good drainage, the heavier loams giving best results re-sults as a rule, says the Montreal Herald. One or two year old plants are used in planting and are usually usual-ly trained to a two wired fence, one wire 18 Inches from the ground and the other four feet. The young plants are cut back to two or three buds at planting time and as these develop the strongest one is retained re-tained and the others removed. The growth from this bud is allowed to grow its full length. At pruning time the second year this growth Is also cut back as before on the previous pre-vious year's growth and again the strongest growth Is retained and allowed al-lowed to develop as in the first year. At pruning time the third sea. son this cane is cut back at the top of the fence. As growth commences com-mences select the strongest neai the wires, removing the others thus the ones retained will form the future frame-wood of the vine. |