CHAPTER XIX. 



STAKES AND TRELLISES. 



Trellises. This is a subject of no little im- 

 portance, not alone because it is a necessity, 

 but also because of its considerable cost, what- 

 ever form it may take. Various forms have 

 been proposed and used, few of which need be 

 noticed here, since they are mostly wanting in 

 either durability or convenience. Something 

 " cheap " seems to have been the leading idea 

 in most of the contrivances that have been sug- 

 gested ; that is very desirable in itself, but it is 

 not all. What is wanted is, not something 

 that is cheap as a part, but something that is 

 cheap as a whole. We have seen some con- 

 trivances in this way that " ate themselves up" 

 in less than ten years, and a good trellis be- 

 sides. 



Where stakes alone are used, there is nothing 

 so good and durable as red cedar and yellow 



