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stock becomes rapid, the vines bear heavily and much 

 earlier in well-trenched ground, on the contrary, in shallow 

 trenched ground of from 10 to 14 inches, for instance, 

 American vines develop very slowly and are unproductive. 

 We cannot therefore take too great care in the thorough 

 performance of trenching. It is the basis of the successful 

 establishment of a vineyard. If in the beginning expenses 

 are curtailed, the future of the vineyard is compromised. To 

 economize in deep cultivation is to forestall failure before 

 having even started the viticultural work on which one 

 depends." 



RAYMOND DUBOIS. 



W. PERCY WILKINSON. 



Viticultural Station, 

 Rutherglen, November, 1900. 



