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Vineyard Culture. 



extremities. These two stems, arched upward, are 

 fastened to a cross-stake, sixteen inches above ground. 



[FiG. 33.] Middle-sized Vine of Medoc. 

 This form seems to us to be a very advantageous one, 

 at least for vines of vigorous growth. We would, 

 nevertheless, advise the use of the cross-stake sixteen 

 inches above the the first [Fig. 34], on which to fasten 

 the shoots, instead of laying them down upon the lower 

 rail, by which many of the bunches are deprived of the 

 action of the sun, by being enveloped in the leaves. 



[FiG. 34.] Two-armed Trellis. 

 The two branches dividing each plant ought always 

 to be of the same size, otherwise the stronger one will 

 soon exhaust the weaker. Now, if the relative care 



