CHAPTER IV. 



LAYING OUT THE VINEYAED. 



Laying out the Vineyard. Something may 

 now be added, as to the best manner of laying 

 out a vineyard. The directions which the rows 

 should take is a matter of some importance, for 

 we have no doubt that the thrift of the vines is 

 sometimes more or less affected by it. Vine- 

 yardists are not quite agreed as to whether the 

 rows should run east and west, or north and 

 south. Local causes, no doubt, operate in some 

 cases to affect the results ; yet we believe the 

 weight of authority preponderates in favor of 

 running the rows east and west; and this agrees 

 with our own most matured experience. It is 

 not to be denied, however, that good grapes have 

 been grown both ways, which will sufficiently ac 

 count for any diversity of opinion. It must not 

 be supposed, however, that there is really not, 

 under given circumstances, some one way better 



