56 PLANTING VINES. 



7. Distances of planting. — This is wholly regu- 

 lated by the quantity of vines you have at your com- 

 mand, and the extent of land to be covered. Some 

 will plant them three feet apart. In this case, it must 

 take them a long time to mat. Some plant them 

 eighteen inches apart, which of course is better than 

 the former plan, because they will be matted all the 

 sooner. The rule is, the nearer you can plant your 

 vines the better, providing your patch is not overrun 

 with weeds and foul grass. The object in such a 

 case of planting them wider apart would be to give 

 the cultivator an opportunity of getting between the 

 vines and destroying the weeds, and whatever else 

 might be likely to choke them. 



