CULTIVATION. 



with vigor, it may not harm it much to check 

 it in this way ; but the practice can not be per- 

 sisted in without damage. 



When the plowing is done, there will be a 

 narrow slip along the vines which has not been 

 moved by the plow. This must be thoroughly 

 broken up with either the pronged hoe (some- 

 times called a potato hook) or the pronged 

 spade ; and which is best we have found to de- 

 pend a good deal upon the countryman that 

 uses them. In stiff or stony soils, a stout dou- 

 ble pronged hoe, like Fig. 135, is used. This 



Fig. 135. 



instrument is also used for working the soil on 

 steep hill-sides, where the plow can not be run. 

 It is in common use by nurserymen, and is a 

 very good implement to have at hand for various 

 purposes. In deplowing in the fall, tne un- 

 moved strip along the vines must be moved by 

 hand at the time of plowing, so as to leave the 

 stock of the vines in the open furrow. 



