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the first beginning three feet from the ground, 

 and all of them being three feet apart. 

 Twelve vines were set in a row two feet from 

 the house and three feet apart. The second 

 season these vines made a growth of eighteen 

 feet and upward. At the time for pruning, 

 the canes were bent along near the ground, 

 and, being gathered together, were bent up 

 ward through the little pedestals, three of 

 which are shown in the engraving. Four canes 

 were passed through each, trained up perpen 

 dicularly, and cut off at points one foot above 

 the height at which each was destined to fur 

 nish arms for the four upper tiers. The excess 

 of one foot was to be used the next season 

 in burying the horizontal portion six inches 

 deep, when little disposition to put forth roots 

 would exist. 



Six feet further from the house another row, 

 containing six vines, was planted, and grown 

 two seasons to stakes. At the end of that 

 time they were led along the ground and up 

 through the pedestals, to form the two lower 

 tiers, in the same manner as those above. 

 Three vines occupy each tier; consequently, 

 each vine has twelve feet for the length of its 

 arms. 



