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To form a four-armed espalier the stem should be 

 trained up to the second wire .straight away, and if 

 not long enough to reach this for a start it should 

 be trained along a piece of binder twine, one end of 

 which is firmly tied to the second wire, and the other 

 end to a stub of the vine and twisted once around 

 the bottom wire; or if the vine is long enough to 

 reach the bottom wire the twines need only connect 

 the bottom and second wires. 



At the second wire the top of the stem should be 

 pinched off, and with the exception of the four 

 shoots, two below each wire which are to form the 

 arms of the vine, all other growth should be sup- 

 pressed, and the arms lightly twisted or tied on to 

 the wires. 



OTHER VARIETIES. 



Muscat Gordo Blanco. This variety is usually 

 trained on the gooseberry-bush system, but many 

 growers are now trellising these vines, as heavier 

 crops are thereby generally secured, and the fruit 

 is kept well off the ground. 



Gordo trellis usually consist of posts about 2 feet 

 out of the ground, having a single wire running 

 through them near the top. The vine is trained 

 like the sultana, with two short permanent arms of 

 6 inches to 1 foot in length, and spur-pruned like 

 the currant. 



White Malaga. This kind is usually treated like 

 the sultana, with two short permanent arms trained 

 along the bottom wire, and the fruiting rods twisted 

 on to the wire above. 



The Doradillo. The doradillo when trellised may 

 be trained with two permanent arms along the bot- 

 tom wire somewhat like the sultana, but with longer 

 arms, about 3 feet in length, and spur-pruned. The 

 second wire is there to support the dense foliage and 

 keep it off the ground. 



