AMERICAN
GRAPE TRAINING
An account of the leadingforms now in use of Trainingthe American Grapes.
By L. H. BAILEY
New York:
The Rural Publishing Company
1893.
By the same Author.
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| COPYRIGHTED 1893, BY L. H. BAILEY. | ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED BY J. HORACE M'FARLAND CO., HARRISBURG, PA. |
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | Pages |
| Introduction | 9-11 |
| Pruning | 11-24 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Preliminary Preparations for Training—The Trellis—Tying | 25-33 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| The Upright Systems. (Horizontal Arm Spur System. High Renewal. Fan Training) | 34-55 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| The Drooping Systems. (True or Four-Cane Kniffin.Modifications of the Four-Cane Kniffin. The Two-CaneKniffin or Umbrella System. The Low orOne-Wire Kniffin. The Six-Cane Kniffin. Overhead,or Arbor Kniffin. The Cross-Wire System.Renewal Kniffin. The Munson System) | 56-82 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Miscellaneous Systems. (Horizontal Training. PostTraining. Arbors. Remodeling Old Vines) | 83-92 |