Pruning the Vine. 



'39 



In Champagne, the vines are not provided with stocks, 

 owing to the yearly laying down of the plants ; two 

 fruit-stems shoot from the ground yearly, as is shown in 

 Figure 39, and the stocks are planted irregularly, at less 

 than sixteen inches from one another. We shall de- 

 scribe this mode of cultivation further on. 



[Fio. 39.] Low Vine of Champagne, 

 There will also be a marked advantage in substitut- 

 ing the form of Figure 35. The number of stocks 

 will be reduced two-thirds ; the yield will be the same, 



