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two feet from the position it was intended to 

 occupy. The vines were all bedded once, as 

 represented by the dotted lines in Fig. 81. 

 The rows were six feet apart at the beginning, 

 and still maintain that relative distance. That 



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Fig. 82. 



is their present condition. It is now pro- 

 posed to establish all the tiers as nearly at 

 the same time as practicable. The first row 

 will therefore be trained for the highest part 

 of the roof, the next following, and the third 

 nearest the ground. The second row must be 

 trained on stakes one year where the vines 

 now stand, to be led along the ground the 

 next year, and be turned up perpendicularly 

 as their length will permit. The third row 

 will follow in the same order. The manner of 



