CONTENTS. - IX 



APPENDIX II. 



THE THOMERY SYSTEM OP GKAPE CULTURE. 



(This is the famous system under which the splendid Chasselas de Fontaine- 

 bleau Grapes are produced ; it is the method advocated by Dr. Grant. The ac- 

 count is literally translated from Du Breuil's Cours d'Arboriculture, and is the 

 only complete account which can be found at least so says the Frenchman, 

 Rendu, in his " Ampelographie Francaise," and he ought to know.) 



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Cultivation of the Vine upon Trellises, in Northern and Central 

 France, according to the New Methods in use at Thomery, . 320 



Form to be given to the Trellises, 322 



Horizontal Cordon of Thomery, 324 



Horizontal Cordon of Charmeux, 328 



Vertical Cordon, 330 



Vertical Cordon with alternate Shoots, 331 



Cultivation of Trellised Vines arranged in the form of the Verti- 

 cal Cordon with opposite Shoots, 334 



Walls proper for the Trellis, 334 



Exposure of the Walls, 337 



Propagation of the Vine, 337 



Graft, 339 



Plantation and Process of Bedding or Laying the Trellised Vine 



First Year, 340 



Second Year of the Plantation, 344 



Third Year, 345 



Method of Pruning adopted for the Vertically Trellised Vine 

 with opposite Shoots Construction of the Frame First Year, 348 



Second Year, 351 



Third Year, 353 



Fourth Year, 354 



Care necessary to the Lateral Branches First Year, . . .355 

 Disbudding the Lateral Branches or Coursons, .... 358 

 Pinching the Shoots, 359 



Manner of fastening the Shoots in Summer, .... 360 



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