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most vigorous shoots should be preserved, and they should be 

 carried obliquely toward the wall, and from two stalks at the 

 points B. If, on the contrary, it is intended that each principal 

 stalk shall furnish but one stalk for the wall (Fig. 83), only 



Fig. 88. 



the finest shoot is preserved, which is buried in the trench and 

 directed toward the wall at the point B, where it is intended to 

 be trained. In both cases the shoots are covered as far as the 

 foot of the wall by a bed of mixed soil and vegetable mold 

 about 4 inches in thickness (Fig. 83). The trench is then filled 

 with part of the earth which was taken from it, and the re- 

 mainder is heaped up in a shelving bank at a distance of 40 

 inches from the wall, in order to preserve the moisture in the 

 neighborhood of the newly laid vines, and thus facilitate a 

 plentiful development of roots. 



The upper extremities of the buried shoots are fixed at the 

 base -of the uprights of the trellis. These shoots are cut so as 

 to preserve only the three buds nearest the base. This opera- 

 tion being concluded, the trellis presents the form shown in 

 Fig. 81. 



If the plantation of layers or cuttings has been in a trench at 

 a distance of 40 inches from the wall instead of 28 inches, they 

 must be brought to the foot of the wall only after a third lay- 

 ing, otherwise we should be obliged each time to cover too 

 large a part of the shoot, which, as we shall see further on, will 



