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SECOND CLASS. 



Livr'es. 



In Haute Montagne - ooo 

 In Basse Montagne - 600 



In St. Thierry ■ - - 300 

 The convent lands, and what is called Clos St. Thierry, 

 are not taken into this computation. 



What is the annual Expense of Cultivating an Acre of 

 Vineyard, including the Expense of Vintage and of 

 Priming f 



Livreu. 



To the vine-dresser 50 



Props - - - - 18 



Mending them, and carriage, &c. 40 



Prunings aiid contributions - 24 



Four puncheons - 40 



Expense of vintage - - 28 



200 



General Observations. 



We have only mentioned the culture of vines in general, 

 without detailing those of the high and low grounds sepa- 

 rately. There are many vineyards, however, and particu- 

 larly in St. Thierry, where the greater part of the vines is 

 always raised to the height of about rive feet, and supported 

 by props of oak, six feet high, and an inch in diameter; 

 This kind of vine can only answer in strong and vigorous 

 ground. 



The difference between the culture of the high and low 

 vineyards, consists in the shaping, tyeing, and pruning. 



1st, Shaping consists in choosing from the sucker the 

 best stalk, in preference to others which are cut off, and all 

 the small collateral shoots are lopped off. 



edly, The tyeing is effected when the sap is most abundant, 

 and the bud already developed: the above single stalk is 

 bent like a hoop, and tied to the prop in two or three places. 



3dly, Pruning consists in reinserting into the earth, and 



into small and long holes, every ten or fifteen years, the 



old sucker, upon which three or four stalks are left, which 



are also buried in the earth ; and they send out an excellent 



, 3 plant 



