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vine planted at the stake. System and order 

 have now made their appearance in the vine 

 yard; let us hope, to abide there; for it is 

 a good place for them. In the engraving, the 

 end of the fruit cane has been &quot; layered &quot; to 

 make a new vine ; a practice hurtful to the 

 bearing vine, and not to be commended in 

 ordinary circumstances. Yet another step for 

 ward, and we have the plan of Dr. Guyot, pro 

 perly so called, into which he has introduced 

 the greatest degree of precision of which the 

 case seems to be susceptible, in so training the 

 vines on a wire trellis as to employ a system 



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