158 THE HOP. 



California or any hot climate might be avoided 

 by partly shading the crop, according to the system 

 in vogue in Florida for raising pineapples or cigar leaf 

 tobacco of fancy quality, while the same method is 

 being used in Plorida to insure the orange crop 

 against frost. These sheds (Fig. 79) might be modified 

 so far as to be applicable to a solidly built trellis system, 

 but it is doubtful if there is any practical virtue in the 

 idea. Where shed culture of tobacco or pineapples is 

 practiced, posts 3x3 inches are set in the soil 9x14 feet 

 apart and 7 feet high. Stringers 1x8 are attached to 

 the top of these posts the 14-foot way. These support 

 the cover of the shed and should be braced at each post. 

 The cover is made of 1x3 inch pine boards iS feet long, 

 laid flat and nailed to the stringers, leaving between 

 these boards a 3-inch space. 



FIG. 80. STEPLADDER. 



