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between the rows if in a rich soil. On the other hand, 

 the Delaware, in ordinary soils, will not require so much 

 space between the rows. There is also no arbitrary ne- 

 cessity for planting at a distance of six feet in the rows : 

 the two arms of the Thomery may be more or less than 

 three feet each, and the single arm may be extended to 

 eight or even twelve feet or more. With liberty for varia- 

 tion, it is yet probable that a distance of six feet each way 

 will be found the safest rule for general adoption. This 

 will give twelve hundred and ten vines to the acre. As 

 the vines are to be trained to temporary stakes during the 

 first and second season after planting, it will not be neces- 

 sary to prepare the trellis until the spring of the third sea- 

 son. The height of a perpendicular trellis should be made 

 to vary according to the variety of grape to be cultivated. 

 As has been previously stated, it is not probable that we 

 can adopt such severe checking with our American varie- 

 ties as is done in Europe. A celebrated French culti- 

 vator, M. Malot, has a trellis at Montreuil ; the arms upon 

 it being only fifteen inches one above another. He there- 

 fore allows the fruiting-branches of such varieties as the 

 Chasselas de Fontainebleau to grow but fifteen inches. 

 This is less than the usual length in France, which varies 

 from seventeen to twenty inches. In this country, the 



