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from each spur, and we find it shown the same in many 

 other European works on grape culture. In the excellent 

 work of Dr. Ecorchard, Professor of Botany and Director 

 of the Garden of Plants at Nantes, the Thomery system is 

 most fully illustrated, and its whole rationale explained in 

 a clear and explicit manner ; but there are no alternate 

 single and double canes given. Now whether these men 

 are all wrong and the others are right, I leave it with the 

 reader to judge. 



