268 NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDIST. 



The grape border, along this wall, is dug or manured to 

 the width of five or six feet, and to the depth of fifteen 01 

 eighteen inches. If the soil is moist or strong, they slope 

 the border so as to throw off the rains from the wall ; this 

 prevents the accumulation of water at the roots of the vines, 

 and is essential to success. When the border is prepared, 

 they open a trench at four feet distance from the wall, and 



