Title: (Catalogue)
Identifier: catalogue1906fanc (find matches)
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Fancher Creek Nurseries; Roeding, George Christian, 1868-1928; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock California Fresno Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) California Fresno Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs
Publisher: Fresno, Calif. : George C. Roeding
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Proper Pruning of the Vine. First Year. 2 Second Year. 3 Third Year. drawn down to a point at one end. The stakes which are to be used as markers may be split out of redwood or any other material for that matter and at least 12 inches of one end dipped into a bucket of whitewash so that the line of the base rows may be readily seen. Having set the stakes along the outside line at the distance apart the vines are to be planted, start at the same end of the field again and set another line of stakes parallel with the first line and the length of the chain distant from the outside line. Proceed in this manner until the entire field is laid out in checks. With this preliminary work done and having exercised care in the measurements to have the base lines parallel and the stakes in each block op- posite each other, no difficulty will be ex- perienced when planting commences to have the vines line up. PREPARING FOR PLANTING. First remove all the lateral roots with a sharp knife or shear, starting between the base of the cutting and the top of the vine, making a smooth cut close to the stock. Next shorten in all the roots, radi- ating from the base of the cutting to three inches. Then prune the top of the vine leaving only one spur with from two to three buds. The vines should be pruned a day or so in advance of the planting and the work should be entrusted to careful men. As soon as pruned, the vines should be heeled in and the soil either wet or tamped down to prevent the roots from drying out. The heeling in ground should be centrally located so that it will not be necessary to carry the vines too long a distance to the planters. HOW TO PLANT. Each man should be provided with a bucket or five gallon coal oil can. A small quantity of water in the bottom will keep the roots moist. Each bucket should be filled with vines and replenished from time to time with vines as they are needed by the planters. The planting wire should be stretched across the first check to two stakes which should be directly opposite to each other. Each planter should have charge of two marks on the wire. As an illustration- figure on a basis of planting the vines eight feet apart each way and leaving out every thirty first vine for an avenue. It would be necessary to have a chain 250 feet long over all, including a one foot link at each end for the ring and to permit drawing the chain taut. To such a chain it would be necessary to have seventeen men, two to stretch the chain across the field between the two stakes set opposite each other in the check and fifteen to do the planting. The marks eight feet apart in the chain in- dicate where the vines are to be set. In planting the vine should be set so that the collar will be level with the top of the ground when it is settled, except with graft- ed vines, which will be referred to later. The soil in the bottom of the hole should

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