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from six others, for which reason it is sometimes termed the septuple 

 system. The following table gives the number of vines per acre 

 and distance between the rows for different distances of the vines 

 from each other : 



Distance 

 between vines. 



Distance 

 between rows. 



Number of 

 vines per acre. 



4ft. 3ft. 5in. ... 3,205 



5ft. ... 4ft. 4in. .. 2,025 



6ft. ... 5ft. 2in. ... 1,392 



7ft. ... 6ft. lin. ... 1,038 



8ft. ... 6ft. 11 Jin. ... 785 



9ft. ... 7ft. 9lin. ... 619 



10ft. ... 8ft. Sin. ... 505 



lift. ... 9ft. 6Jin. ... 420 



12ft. ... 10ft. 4 Jin. ... 330 



Planting in rectangular rows is to be recommended where vines 

 are trained on wires; in any other case either of the two former 

 systems is to be preferred. If the vines be placed at less than 

 4 feet from each other in the rows it prevents cross cultivation by 

 horse labour, thus presenting all the drawbacks of the trellis 

 system without any of its advantages. 



In the third region, where vines must not be planted close, it 

 may be advantageous to plant wider in one direction than another, 

 even if the vines are to be staked or trained gooseberry-bush 

 style. For example, 10ft. x 6ft. is more convenient than 8ft. x 

 8ft., as it enables a dray to be driven to any part of the block, 

 whilst it does not entail any considerable augmentation in the 

 number of vines per acre. The number of vines per acre for 

 different distances apart are as follows: 



