174 Vineyard Culture. 



It will thus be seen that the system of M. Collignon 

 may be adapted to vines of every locality. Some slight 

 modifications applied to it would suffice for that pur- 

 pose. Thus, for the vineyards nearest the NortTi, the 

 vicinity of Paris, Champagne, and the Moselle region, 

 the wires may be arranged in the way indicated by M. 

 Collignon. For the middle region, and the South, the 

 first wire should be placed sixteen inches above the 

 ground, and the second the same distance from the 

 first [Fig. 34]. For vigorous vines, that are to be trained 

 on four-arms [Fig. 32], three lines of wire should be 

 employed, and there should be an equal distance of 

 sixteen inches between them. 



Let us now compare, as regards expense and results, 

 this mode of training vines on wires, with that of stak- 

 ing. We have seen that the staking of the vineyards 

 of Burgundy costs, yearly, $8.45 per acre. If we sub- 

 ject these vines to the mode of culture pointed out at 

 page 100, and to the system of pruning shown in Fig- 

 ures 31 and 35, and then substitute the wire system for 

 that of stakes, we shall have the following expenditure : 



For a row of plants 325 feet in length, 



A double line of galvanized wire, No. 13; 650 feet long, and 

 weighing eleven pounds, at nine and one-tenth cents per 



pound $l oo 



Two end-posts, made of sulphated wood, at four cents each o 08 



Two stays, wire, and stone block, at six cents each o iz 



Twelve intermediate stakes of sulphated wood, at two cents each, o 24 



Two stretchers, at two cents each o 04 



Hooks o 01 



Setting up o 06 



In all... $i 5 6 



