Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1923-10-26 | Page 5 | Pruning Grapes before Winter Season Sets In

Pruning Grapes Before Winter Season Sets In It grapes are to be fall pruned it should he done before freezing weather sets in, since the canes are brittle and do not cut well. Remember, says C. V. Holsinger, horticulturist hor-ticulturist at Iowa State college, that fruit is produced on new canes and do t cut them all off. Select canes about the size of a lead pencil which have Plenty of buds and thrifty. Be careful In selecting vines to note that vines which are thrifty and producing considerable wood will not produce fruit Grapes either produce wood or fruit' and if too much wood Is being grown cut back severely and it nil) force fruit. Young vines should be pruned so that only one shoot is present and It will get the full benefit of the growth. Too many vines left will cause the vine to overbear, while too much cutting cut-ting will force wood growth, so it Is better to go at the job easily and determine de-termine the kind of vine being cut.