156 CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 



foliage. Of this form I can say the same as of the single 

 horizontal trellis, it is worthy of careful trial. 



It is unnecessary to speak of the many cheap and 

 temporary devices for the support of the vine, such 

 as the nailing of laths and poles to stakes, and other 

 plans which may have obtained in Europe. These are 

 all temporary and imperfect. What is worth doing at 

 all is worth doing well. The plans which I have rec- 

 ommended are not expensive, are easily put up by any 

 one, are neat, do not shade, and are permanent. We 

 shall see vast changes and improvements in grape-cul- 

 ture in this country, resulting simply from systematic 

 modes of training. 



