from the use of the land. Scuppernong vines, when ten to twelve 

 years old, will cover a large area of land, so that permanent vines 

 in a vineyard should be planted at least twenty to thirty feet apart 

 each way. On light sand lands, twenty feet is found to be about 

 right, and when planting them this distance, we set additional vines 

 as fillers, which are taken out when the tops get too crowded. These 

 fillers will stand from six to eight years, and should more than pay 

 all costs of the vineyard before they have to be removed. A Scupper- 

 nong comes into bearing at three years after setting, and the fillers 

 will yield three to six crops before being taken out. In setting a 

 vineyard, we put the vines ten feet apart each way, allowing four 

 hundred and thirty-two to the acre, one hundred and eight of which 

 are permanent vines. In this way we get four times as great a 

 yield the first few years of bearing. The. cost of the additional vines 

 used as fillers is not great, and the cost of arboring and care is prac- 

 tically the same for the four hundred and thirty-two vines as it would 

 be for one hundred and eight. 



This method of planting puts the Scuppernong vineyard on an 

 equal basis with peaches for quick returns, and makes it considerably 

 more attractive to the average man than it would be if it were neces- 

 sary to wait till the permanent vines covered the arbors before get- 

 ting maximum returns. 



The following diagram shows the method of planting when fillers 

 are used. 



x oxox oxox ox 



PxPxPxPxPxP 



xoxoxoxoxox 



PxPxPxPxPxP 



The permanent vines are represented by "P" and are spaced 

 twenty feet apart each way. "x" and "o" represent fillers. The 



