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which separates each main stalk, is too great ■when the shoots 

 are trained obli^quely and not perpendicularly from the main 

 stalk ■ upon which they grow, as is the case in the trellis of 

 which we have spoken. Moreover, the irregularity with which 



Fig. T3. 



the branches are distributed upon the stalk causes an unequal 

 distribution of sap, and its determination to certain points, whe- 

 ther of superabundance or scarcity, resulting in the destruction 

 of the shoots less favorably situated. 



Veetical Cordon with alternate Shoots (Fig. 73). — M. 

 Rose Charmeux has brought this new arrangement to perfec- 

 tion in the following manner. lie plants the stocks at a dis- 

 tance of 28 inches one from the other ; then he regularly distri- 

 butes the shoots on each side of the stem, making them spring 

 alternately every 10 inches in such a manner tliat they may be 

 separated by an interval of 20 inches on the same side of the 

 stem. We shall find, in discussing the method of pruning, how 

 perfect regularity in this respect may be obtained. 



