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cipal bars or frame-work are inch and a half boards, thr 

 inches wide, nailed together at the angles. 



FIG. 123. 

 Trellis for a grape vine. 



It is intended for one vine, and may be the height of 

 the wall that it is intended to occupy. The vertical or 

 upright bars are three feet apart and the cross ones six 

 feet ; between them are rods of stout wire. The first or 

 lowest cross bar may be two feet from the ground. It is 

 fastened to the wall by iron hooks or brackets. The best 

 and simplest mode of training a vine on such a trellis as 

 this, is to produce two main branches or arms to be 

 trained in a horizontal manner on the first cross bar. 

 From these two arms, permanent, upright canes are 

 trained, one to each of the upright bars of the trellis. 

 These upright canes produce on their sides a succession 

 of bearing shoots from year to year, being pruned after 

 what is called the " spur" system. 



Planting the Vine. As in planting any other tree, the 

 roots should be carefully spread out, and the fine earth 



