168 THE GRAPE. 
done, is the preparing of supports upon which te train the 
vines. 
The most common method of planting is, in straight 
rows from five to six feet apart, and at right angles with 
each other, and to simply have a pole to each vine ; the 
method of training being the long rod, explained page 
i2¢. ‘This answers the purpose very well and has be- 
come the most customary, in part from the introduced 
routine of Europe, and in some measure as a consideration 
of economy. As to the latter, there may be some saving 
to the pocket, but unless there are more than counter- 
balancing advantages, there is no use in — old 
customs, so long as better ones can be introduced, and in 
the present case, an improvement may be pS a 
by cheap So which may be made in the following 
manner: Prepare a quantity of good strong poles of 
locust, chestnut, aks or ash, seven feet six inches; srk 
and char these three feet on the lower end and dri 
them into the ground two feet six inches, in rows six ras 
tae extending east and west, or as near these points as 
may be practicable, and the poles nine feet assunder ; next 
fix horizontally long narrow strips of wood, or straight 
but thin saplings, to the uprights, at a distance of one foot; 
this will make a substantial trellis on which to train the 
_ vines, and be far superior, with very little more expense 
_ than the pole-to-one-vine that is so often made use of. It 
is st time for us to adopt a principle of neatness com- 
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