40 BRIGHT ON GRAPE CULTURE. 



soil, during this period of rest, lias time to decompose, 

 and to develope the elements of fruit, and to collect such 

 elements from the atmosphere, from manure and from 

 rains; and is better prepared to present these materials 

 in a soluble form to the roots of the vine, when demanded 

 by the next crop of fruit. 



But whatever may be the theory or the philosophy of 

 the facts, we know that the vine, when cultivated upon 

 this system, will yield larger and finer crops of grapes, 

 upon the same extent of grdhnd, than upon any other 

 that we have ever seen practised, and the fruit ripens 

 much earlier, which last is a point of no little import- 

 ance. 



It will be observed, that a vine may be grown, upon 

 this system, fifteen feet in length, upon arbors, or in the 

 vinery, if desired; but for vineyard culture, or in small 

 gardens, we advise trellises only four to six feet high, 

 on account partly of the greater ease with which such 

 trellises may be'erected and tended, though we are quite 

 convinced that four to six feet of vine is enough for the 

 roots, under ordinary culture, and that a better crop will 

 be produced upon that length of wood than upon longer 

 canes. Under higher culture, and with extra care, in 

 the cold grapery, longer canes of the foreign grapes may 

 be employed, as will be noticed in the proper place. So, 

 also, on arbors, where shade is more of an object than 

 fruit, the canes may be allowed to run ten or fifteen 

 feet to the top of the trellis or arbor. But where you 

 wish for a good crop of choice, well-colored, and well- 



