36 PLANTING VINES : THE DISTANCE APART. 



from eyes struck in square pieces of turf instead of pots ; in these the 

 Vines rooted, and were placed in the border without disturbance a 

 very simple and efficient method. 



Distance apart at which to Plant. This depends, to a great 

 extent, on the style or mode of training to be adopted. If we here 

 consider the rods or stems as separate plants we must then allow space 

 between the stems for the proper development or extension of the side 

 or bearing shoots, and as these extend from two to two feet six inches 

 on either side, it follows that a space of from four to five feet is 

 required. Some of the best cultivators have the stems seven feet 

 apart, being of opinion that more space and light are necessary for 

 these Grapes. For permanent Vines the distance of five feet is not 

 at all too much, although frequently they are planted much closer. 

 Growers for market frequently plant at from two to two feet six 

 inches apart, but such Vines are only of a temporary character. Other 

 cultivators plant what are termed the permanent Vines at five feet 

 apart, and introduce supernumerary plants between them to produce 

 a crop while the permanent Vines are growing up, when they are 

 cnt out, and their space occupied by the latter. Some of the market- 

 growers are now trying the plan of planting the Vines inside the 

 houses in lines, at from three to five feet apart, and training them to 

 upright poles, eight to ten feet in height, as in some Vineyards, and 

 as practised with Tomatos. The objection to this system is the one 

 plant shading the other, so that the inner and lower buds do not get 

 properly ripened, and soon become enfeebled. 



