The Guyot system is best described as requiring which setup?

The Guyot system is best described as requiring which setup?

• A. Guyot uses a trunk that is never pruned.
• B. Guyot is a goblet-shaped system.
• C. Guyot uses a permanent cordon with spurs.
• D. Guyot System requires a vertical trellis, canes suspended, and has one spur and one main two-year-old cane.

Answer: (D)

Guyot is a cane-pruned training system that uses a vertical trellis and keeps the fruiting wood on a single, two-year-old cane while a short spur is left to renew growth. The canes are suspended along the trellis to promote good light exposure and air circulation. Each vine has one main two-year-old cane that bears the current crop, plus one spur from which the next replacement cane will come. After harvest, the old cane is cut back and tied as needed, and the spur remains to produce the future renewal cane. This combination—vertical trellis, canes suspended, and one spur plus one main two-year-old cane—is what characterizes the Guyot setup.

Guyot is a cane-pruned training system that uses a vertical trellis and keeps the fruiting wood on a single, two-year-old cane while a short spur is left to renew growth. The canes are suspended along the trellis to promote good light exposure and air circulation. Each vine has one main two-year-old cane that bears the current crop, plus one spur from which the next replacement cane will come. After harvest, the old cane is cut back and tied as needed, and the spur remains to produce the future renewal cane. This combination—vertical trellis, canes suspended, and one spur plus one main two-year-old cane—is what characterizes the Guyot setup.