CONTENTS 



Book III 226 



Soils Suitable for Vines — Varieties of the Vine — 

 Advantages of the Vineyard to Husbandmen — Vine 

 Nurseries — Cuttings — Fruitfulness of Vines — 

 Choice of Shoots and Cuttings — Qualities of Soil 

 Required for Vineyards — Preparation of the Soil 

 — Methods of Planting the Vine — Seasons for 

 Planting the Vine — Length of Cuttings — Number 

 of Varieties to be Planted. 



Book IV 352 



Depth of Trenches for Vine-plants — Supports for 

 the Vine — Training the Young Vine — Cultivation 

 and Pruning of the Vine — Pruning of Quicksets 

 and Cuttings — Methods of Propping — Layering — 

 Transplanting — Vine Frames of Reeds — Pruning 

 of Young Vineyards — Restoration of Old Vine- 

 yards — General Precepts for the Vineyardist — The 

 Pruning-knife — Training the Vine to the Frame 

 — Duties of the Vine-dresser — Leaf-pruning — 

 Grafting — Willow Plantations — Broom — Reeds — 

 Chestnut-trees. 



VI 



