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distances, and with the same care as we have just de- 

 scribed. 



Whatever may have been said to the contrary, pretty 

 straight lines may be made with the plow, and the work 

 may be done more speedily than by opening a separate 

 hole for each plant. 



Planting by Layering. In those localities where the 

 vines are very crowded, as in Champagne, Burgundy, 

 and the neighborhood of Paris, only one-half or one- 

 third of the necessary vines are planted as cuttings, or as 

 roots, and then, when these have acquired sufficient 

 strength to put forth two fine shoots, they proceed as 

 follows : 



Suppose the points A, in Figure 22, to represent 

 the places to be permanently , , 

 occupied by the plants, only the /f ! 

 points B, are first planted, and 

 when each of the vines has two 

 fine shoots, a trench is opened 

 during the winter, occupying the 

 entire triangular space, C, and 

 of the depth of twelve to six- 

 teen inches, according to the 

 moisture of the ground ; a layer 



of earth, mixed with manure, is , 



, r i TFiG. 22.1 Planting 



spread on the bottom of this L , T 



trench, and the two shoots are 



then laid down into it, giving them the direction of the 

 dotted lines, so that they may come out at the points 

 A. A small quantity of compost is placed over them, 

 and the trench is filled up with ordinary earth. This 

 trench, however, must not be entirely filled ; a space 

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