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then No. 14 wire for intermediates, and these arranged to 

 slide along the main rods to meet the requirements of the 

 vine during its growth. The main rods are secured to 

 the wall by cylinder hook-staples. A neat and durable 

 trellis for vines in the open garden along the border (see 

 fig. 133) may be made by setting firm wooden posts, well 

 braced, at each end of the line, then stretch one half-inch 

 rod at say eighteen inches from the ground and another 

 at the top of the posts, then use No. 9 wire for the re- 

 maining horizontal lines, and at distances of twelve feet 

 along the line sustain the horizontal rods and wires by 

 upright bars of iron one inch wide by one-quarter inch 

 thick, the lower end of each upright let into a stone in 



Fig. 133. TRELLIS OF WIRES AND POSTS. 



the ground. Now place upright wires, secured at the 

 top and bottom, so that they will slide to meet the wants 

 of the shoots of the vine. This wire may be of No. 14 

 or 16. It is not absolutely essential that the trellis be 

 built until the vines have grown one season ; but if the 

 vines do well, the cost of supplying temporary stakes, 

 etc., will more than balance the interest on the cost of 

 the trellis. 



With the vine planted and trellis built we have next to 

 understand 



Pruning. It must first be observed that the grape- 

 vine bears its fruit on shoots of the current year, produced 



