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as the vertebra or axis of the roots, for the reception of the canes to be bedded. The 

 small trenches arc to be filled early in June, and the large trench may be filled in July, 

 if the season should be very warm and dry. 



H HOLTON ENGR NY 



Plate No. 2C. 



An inspection of Plates 27 and 33 will give a general idea of the principal section 

 of the Thomery system and its capabilities. 



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Plate No. 2T. Plate No. 28. 



Plate No. 27 is an end view, showing how glass may be used for the two principal 

 rows. Plate ]S*o. 28 represents a large layer trained upon the trellis the second season. 



The principal section of a full Thomery plan consists of five rows of vines, as it is 

 managed in France, at the place from which it takes its name, and the principal of these 

 rows, which is trained upon a trellis but a few inches in advance of the sheltering wall, 

 consists of five courses, the first being placed from twelve to sixteen inches from the 

 the ground, and the others about eighteen inches apart, above each other, thus occupy- 

 ing a wall about nine feet in hight, allowing for a little waste room under the cap, that 



