| Show A horticultural facts PLAN FOR TRIMMING GRAPES aim of minnesota farmer Is to keep vineyard young by not having goldwood Old Wood in it I 1 have seen several articles on trimming grapes but I 1 differ with most of them my aim Is to keep the vineyard young by not having old wood in it I 1 bought six sis plants of beta at 12 2 and set them 8 feet apart then I 1 clipped oft off some of the long canes and set them in a little trench two eyes la in the ground and one eye abone the ground and be got eight more plants saas a county Ulane minnesota sota farmer armer in the Far farmer nier for the first year I 1 let only two canes grow by pinching off all other growth the next nest year I 1 set posts post find and string two wires along the posts then wrap the two canes around the upper tipper wire nire fastening the ends with strips of cloth As soon as the blossoms appear I 1 pinch off all growth above the lower blossoms I 1 will try to draw a plant and show how it looks before and after trimming on the left it Is how one cane looks before trimming at A on right the other cane after trimming As aou ou will see 1 I leave the two lower A irv A t before becom and after trimming grapes new canes on each of the old canes lut but cut oft off the blossoms and wind the new canes around the lower wire then cut off all other growth of the two canes from last year up to one blos blossom sorn from then on I 1 keep olt off all surplus growth so the grap grapes es find and dilso the wood for next nest year will ripen in fall after the lea leaves ves are off I 1 clip off the old canes at 11 ll and there are your four caries canes tor for next nest years bearing As to cultivation I 1 take my hand band plow and plow away from plants in the first part of june and even take etith N ith fork what I 1 cannot get with plow and throw it in be between tween the tee rows then I 1 work with one horse cultivator its fis much as needed to keep moisture arid and kill weeds in august I take my liand hand plow arid and throw tile the dirt against the plants so the roots are protected front from freezing and leave the furrow open in the ti middle liddle of the rows As to soiling selling I 1 sell roost most of 0 the grapes to parties and it does not take ion long the stores want my crop and it pay a good price for it of course prices vary but 3 to 5 cuts cents a pound is a 0 send O od irice as we can raise to pounds front from one acre 1 I cut bunches with a small knife pick out green I 1 r een berries an and pad pack bunches carefully in coin common nion basket 20 pounds pound 3 to a basket I 1 have a rack on spring wagon and in tills this M way ay C can haul to COO CM pounds I 1 have handled two to three acres of grapes |
