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The following cut illustrates a top view, showing how the arbor 

 will look when completed: 



In the above diagram, the large dots represent the tops of the posts 

 which are set at every other vine, or twenty feet apart in the rows. 

 The heavier cross lines represent number nine wires, running across 

 the field and fastened to the top of each post. The lighter, up and 

 down, lines represent number fourteen wires, which are stretched 

 over the tops of and fastened to each of the cross wires. 



CULTIVATION 



The root system of the Scuppernong is very shallow, the roots 

 usually running from three to eight or ten inches under the surface. 

 For this reason it is not wise to plow between the rows or under the 

 vines after the second or third year. However, the ground under 

 the vines should be kept clean and cultivated with disc or Acme 

 harrow. After the vines completely cover and shade the- ground, 

 there is not a great deal of danger of the land becoming foul with 

 weeds or grass, but the moisture content of the soil is of great im- 

 portance, and to keep the land well mulched by cultivation will very 

 materially increase the crop. It is of extreme importance that a 



