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eyes. These rods are bent down and tied ; they carry much fruit 

 and supply an outlet for any excessive flow of sap from the vine 



How vines should not be trained. 



T-HEAD TRELLISING FOE CURRANT VINES. 



Unless adequate development is given the currant vine, it often 

 remains infertile. The following method of training these vines, 

 which has for a number of years been adopted with marked 

 success by Mr. Thomas Hardy, of South Australia, is found to be 

 suited to those vines : 



The vines are planted 10 feet in the rows, which are 12 feet 

 apart. Posts, 4J feet out of the ground, are set every 30 feet. 



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Currant Vine Trellises. 



