MY VINEYAKD. 



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FIRST YEAR. 



The vines are planted six feet apart in rows, using all 

 the care elsewhere described. If the vines are six feet 

 apart, there will he three between each two posts of the 

 trellis. Sometimes the trellises are put up as soon as the 

 vines are planted. In this case the vines are kept tied 

 up the first season ; otherwise they are left to trail upon 



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the ground. According to my experience, the vines do 

 nearly as well in this way as when tied up, but of the two 

 methods the latter is preferable, although additional labor 

 is required. No pruning or pinching is desirable during 

 the first year. I do not think it adds in any way to the 



