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The vine-covered pergola is commonly used to 

 shade off courtyards, terraces, and the walks of gardens 

 and orange groves. The vine is also trained to cover 

 the trellis-work or fence which is put up to flank walks 

 or garden enclosures. For this purpose white varieties 

 of the European vine are usually preferred, being more 

 vigorous and hardy, but some black varieties such as 

 tnignuna seuda and gelleuza seuda are also used with 

 very good results. Very good vines for pergolas in 

 rather shaded situations are furnished by the American 

 or hybrid American direct producers, but with our 

 gardeners the most popular vine for the pergola is the 

 sort known by the name of Insolja tal Ghir^kenti which 

 is well known for its extreme vigour and great product- 

 iveness, as well as for the long keeping quality of its 

 beautiful oval golden yellow grape, 'which keeps on the 

 vine in excellent condition often till Christmas. Vines 

 trained on pergolas or on walls are allowed or encouraged 

 to attain full development, and the distance at which 

 they are planted apart depends on their expected growth, 

 but it is always advisable to plant more vines than there 

 is room for, in order to have the pergola well covered 

 and in full bearing as early as possible, and then they 

 may be thinned out gradually to aliow more room for the 

 remainder. 



For the first two years the cultivation of the vine is 

 simple enough. The ground is kept clear of weeds in 

 winter, and hoed twice or three times around the young 

 vine, keeping the plant well in sight to avoid injuring it. 

 In spring the soil is tilled deeply and finely for the last 

 time, and properly levelled to maintain the moisture of 

 the soil and to keep up the vigour of the growing plant. 

 If necessary, the foliage may be sprayed twice or thrice 

 with Bordeaux mixture as a preventive against Peronos- 

 pora, which if it attacks the plant will check its develop- 

 ment by killing the foliage and interfering with the 



