CHAPTER IV 
SUPPORTS AND TRELLISES 
Adaptability of trellises — Use of trellises — Poultry wire supports—Home- 
made supports — Strings and wire as supports — Building a slat trellis — 
Fancy, ready-made trellises. 
A Great deal of the success in growing vines 
depends upon the kind of trellis used. Some 
kinds of trellises and supports are well adapted 
for certain vines, while for others they would be 
practically useless. As an illustration — a climb- 
ing rose should have a trellis with a very large 
mesh, but a clematis would do much better on 
a smaller mesh. 
The mistake is often made of spending five 
dollars for the trellis, twenty-five cents for the 
vine, and nothing for manure. ‘This should be 
just reversed; the trellis should be the most 
inexpensive part of the outfit and also the most 
inconspicuous. 
It must be remembered that the purpose of 
the trellis, or support, is merely to hold the 
plant in the position in which we desire it to grow. 
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