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(h) The facility with which the fruit can be 

 gathered. 



(c) The increased productiveness and superior 



qualit}' of the fruit. 



(d) The exposure of all parts of the vine to air and 



sunlight. 



ie) The facility afforded for cultivation. 



(/) The economy of the trellis compared with the 

 arbor. 



(g) The comparative ease with which the trellis can 

 be repaired when necessary. 

 Constructing the Trellis. — The posts for the trellis 

 should be of hlacl- locust, if available, as these will last 

 for fifty years. If these are not available and more 

 perishable timber must be applied, the wood -preserver, 

 Carbolinium, should be used over the entire post. This 

 vastly increases the durability of the timber at small 

 cost. The posts should be six inches square and nine 

 feet long. Set them three feet in the ground, leaving six 

 feet for the trellis. On these fasten securely three wires, 

 — the first two feet from the ground, the second two 

 feet above this and the third two inches below the 

 top of the posts. Set the posts sixteen feet apart, and 

 plant the vines thirty feet apart. Select good, vigorous 

 canes as the vines grow, and train two in opposite 

 directions on each wire. Let these canes continue their 

 growth lengthwise along the wires. As suitable laterals 

 appear on the bottom pair of canes, train one evei-y 

 three feet vertically to the top wire. Spur back all 

 other laterals, as soon after the leaves are shed in the 

 fall as practicable, to six to eight buds each. Treat the 



