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must be drawn as tight as it can be by hand, 

 the end passed through the small hole, and the 

 pin twined a few times around. If a bed wrench, 

 or any of the wrenches in common use, be put 

 on the square head of the pin and turned, the 

 wire can be made literally as " tight as a fiddle 

 string." This is a simple and effective contriv- 

 ance within the reach of all. If the end posts 

 are not pretty stout, the top wires should be 

 tightened first, and it would be better to do so 

 in all cases. Turning the pin in reversed order 

 will loosen the wire as much as may be desired 

 in winter. 



Fig. 133 is the form of trellis which should be 

 used- for the Guyot plan of training. The small 

 posts that extend above the wires are for tying 

 the long canes or safety valves to, a vine being 

 planted at each post. 



Fig. 134 is th*e proper form of trellis for 

 double horizontal arms. If two tiers of arms are 

 grown, it is only necessary to make the trellis 

 higher. 



There are other forms of trellis, but they are 

 so much less desirable than those just given, 

 that it seems hardly worth while to illustrate 

 them. 



In regard to wire, it is now used of much less 



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