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well enough to train vines on the "arm and spur sys- 

 tem," as shown and described in this chapter, he will 

 have no difficulty in adopting and 

 employing those given in succeed- 

 ing ones. It is certainly the 

 most artistic and scientific of all 

 the systems heretofore introduced 

 or invented, and it demonstrates 

 the susceptibility of the vine to 

 respond to the influence and 

 guidance of the mechanical skill 

 of the vineyardist. The follow- 

 ing method of low training is 

 especially recommended for vine- 

 yards, particularly where strong 

 winds prevail and render it dif- 

 ficult to grow vines on high trel- 

 lises. Plant the vines in rows, 

 six feet apart, and the vines eight 

 feet apart in the row, and let but 

 one cane grow the first season ; 

 keep it tied to the stake, and 

 pinch back the laterals, to con- 

 centrate the growth into the one 

 cane. The rows may run east 

 and west, or north and south ; 

 perhaps east and west would be 

 preferable in more northern lo- 

 calities, but the difference in this 

 latitude is scarcely perceptible. 

 If the rows run east and west, 

 the leaves will be mostly on the 

 southern side; but when north 

 and south, they are about equally 

 disposed on both sides of the 

 trellis. Fig. 40 shows the vine 

 as it should appear at midsum- FIG. 40. 



