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tween every sixtli x'um witli a. sui)i)()i-l between every third 

 vine. No. 8 or 9 i-jilvauized wire is now placed on the jjosts 

 tliree feet from the ground and one on each I'nd of the 

 cross arm. 



^Vhen the vines have grown sufficiently they are tied to the 

 first wire. 



During the first summer the strawberries are allowed to 

 widen out from a foot to a foot and a half. The second sum- 

 mer to about three feet. The strawberries are not allowed to 

 reach the vines until the grape vines have reached the top 

 Avire, which takes about three years. 



After gTowing a sufficient amount of wood on the grapes, 

 by proper pruning I attempt to grow the right amount of 

 wood to produce a full crop of grapes. 



The manner of pruning which I follow differs from other 

 pruning in that the branches I cut off, I cut off" buds and all. 



I do this for two reasons. First, to thin out the amount of 

 wood. Second, to stop an excessive growth of wood which 

 follows the two-bud system, thus reducing the labor of tying 

 up the excessive growth, wdiich almost of a certainty is broken 

 off by the wind and liability of killing the next v inter. 



After cutting off the branches in this w^ay the others are 

 left full length unless thev have reached the other vines or 

 grown too far over the trellis. In case they have 1 cut them 

 off, including the old w^ood, so as not to permit any new 

 groAvth. By this means I expect to grow as near as possible 

 enough w^ood for a full crop, and keep th(^ vines in a hard 

 j;nd mature condition to winter. (The strawbcTries and 

 fertilizer are used to the same end.) 



As to fertilizer, T prefer fresh stable manuri^, because the 

 p}iosj)horic acid and the potash has not been leached away. 

 (The phosphoric acid produces the strawberries and the 

 potash the grapes.) 



The ripening season is so far apart in these tw^o fruits and 

 the shade so necessary to the strawd)erri(^s that they are 

 well adapted to each other. The rows being east and west, 



