vines at "o" can be left growing two or three years longer than the 

 vines at "x." ' 



ARBORING 



For the first year after the vines are planted, a strong stake stuck 

 in the ground alongside the vine is sufficient support. The vine 

 should be watched all summer, and carefully tied to the stake as 

 fast as it grows, and all buds and shoots along this cane, for the first 

 six feet, should be rubbed off as soon as they show. This cane is to 

 form the trunk of the vine, and if it is carefully held to its support 

 for the first two or three years, it will always stand straight, and 

 will facilitate later cultivation among the vines. 



The second season, an eight-foot post should be set in the ground 

 two feet deep, at each of the posts marked "P" and "o." The better 

 the quality of these posts, the longer they will last. Fat lightwood 

 is the best that can be secured, and ought to stand a generation with- 

 out renewal. At the ends of the rows in each direction, it will be 

 necessary to set an extra heavy post, to be braced securely. 



As soon as the posts are set, and the end posts braced, a number 

 nine galvanized wire is stretched tight lengthwise across the tops of 

 each of the rows of posts, securing it to the top of each post with a 

 large staple. The following season, number fourteen wires are run 

 at right angles to the number nine wire across the field, resting on 

 and fastened to, each of the number nine wires. There should be 

 two of these wires for each row of posts, one on either side of the 

 post and about a foot from it. As the vines grow and spread, more 

 number fourteen wires will be needed each season, running parallel 

 across the field and about two feet apart, until the whole space is 

 covered. This forms a strong, light arbor that will last a great many 

 years. 



As a precaution against lightning, a wire should be run into the 

 ground from each of the cross wires deep enough to strike perma- 

 nent moisture. 



