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[Lon J. Rombough]

On a vine that young, it may just be a vigorous shoot.  King of the 
North is a very vigorous variety.
  I did almost the same thing with a Swenson Red vine, which produced a 
shoot over ten feet long the first season and that shoot had a full 
crop.  The vine was in an exceptional spot or I wouldn't have allowed 
it to bear.  It also grew enough new wood that I took off nearly 300 
cuttings this winter, just from that one vine.
-Lon Rombough
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On Mar 7, 2008, at 2:37 PM, Larry Paterson wrote:

 
Hi, I have built an open wooden framework (arbor),over my exposed 
western facing deck, and have a two year old `King of the North`growing 
up it. This will be mostly for shade, but would be nice if it fruited. 
The top of the arbor is about 13 feet above grade. One of the canes 
from this vine grew about 12 feet horizontally, from a 4 foot high 
trunk last year. Is this a `bull`cane, and if it is, would it be useful 
as a vertical cane up to the top of my arborÉ. I read in Lons book 
where `bull`canes were unfruitful, but was wondering if any shoots of 
it could be used. 
thanks._______________________________________________
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