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The Drooping Systems. (True or Four-Cane Kniffin. Modifications of the Four-Cane Kniffin. The Two-Cane Kniffin or Umbrella System. The Low or One-Wire Kniffin. The Six-Cane Kniffin. Overhead, or Arbor Kniffin. The Cross-Wire System. Renewal Kniffin. The Munson System) 56-82
The Drooping Systems. (True or Four-Cane Kniffin. Modifications of the Four-Cane Kniffin. The Two-Cane Kniffin or Umbrella System. The Low or One-Wire Kniffin. The Six-Cane Knif...
3. CHAPTER V.This little book has grown out of an attempt to teach the principles and methods of grape training to college students. I have found such teaching to be exceedingly difficult an...
4. CHAPTER I.Pruning and training the grape are perplexed questions, even to those who have spent a lifetime in grape growing. The perplexity arises from several diverse sources, as the earl...
5. CHAPTER II.Training the grape vine is practiced for the purpose of keeping the vine in convenient shape and to allow each cluster to receive its full amount of space and light. A well trai...
6. CHAPTER III.The upright systems are the oldest and best known of the styles of American grape training. They consist, essentially, in carrying out two horizontal canes, or sometimes arms, u...
7. CHAPTER IV.In 1845 William T. Cornell planted a vineyard in the Hudson River Valley. A neighbor, William Kniffin, was a stone mason with a few acres of land to which he devoted his attenti...
8. CHAPTER V._Horizontal Training._--There are very few types of horizontal shoot training now in use. The best is probably that shown in fig. 35. This particular vine is a Delaware, to whic...
9. Part III. Principles of Economic Application, or Manuring for Money.This work, written in plainest language, is intended to assist the farmer in the selection, purchase and application of plant-foods. If you wish to learn ways how to save money...