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but in cases where it would be necessary Jacquez seems 

 to be the cepage better suited, on account of the natural 

 alcoholic richness of its wine. 



(D.) PRUNING METHODS RECENTLY RECOMMENDED IN THE 

 SOUTH OF FRANCE. 



Vine-growers have recently tried to increase the yield of 

 their vines in the South by giving them a greater develop- 

 ment and by using long-rod methods, which had never been 

 practiced before in that region. The principal methods 

 recommended are 1st, Royat ; 2nd, Quarante ; 3rd, Quarante 

 modified by Coste-Floret. 



(a) Royat method. Vines planted in lines 6 to 7 feet 

 apart, and 5 to 6 feet on the line, are trained in cordons, and 

 provided with spurs and long rods as in the Cazenave method ; 

 but the long rods, instead of being trained obliquely, are 



Fig. 116. Royat method. 



inarched (Fig. 116). It has a certain analogy to the Sylvoz 

 system, which differs only from it by the absence of replace- 

 ment spurs. 



