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and over the vine that is laid down, the trellis is shown as 

 it appears with all the perpendicular wires. 



The trellis, as here 

 shown, is only two 

 feet between the bars 

 and its whole height 

 only three feet, the 

 upright canes on the 

 upper portion of the 

 arm being allowed to 

 grow above the up- 

 per bar. This they 

 may be allowed to 

 do when it is desira- 

 ble to practice the 

 strictest economy. 



Fig. 54 shows a 

 space of twelve feet 

 as occupied with four 

 vines trained with 

 oblique arms ; only 

 two posts are repre- 

 sented, but it is best 

 to place the posts not 

 more than eight feet 

 apart. When a row 

 of vines trained on 

 this system is pruned 

 and laid down, the 

 vines will overlap 

 each other a little; 

 but the end of one 

 may be laid by the 

 side of the trunk of 

 the next, and. so on 

 throughout. In lay- 



