40 Planting. 
BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 
Trellis. 
When planted in the fall, raise a small 
mound around your vine, so that the water 
will drain off, and throw a handful of straw or 
any other mulch on the top of the mound, to 
protect it ; but donot, under any circumstances, 
cover er the vine with manure, either decomposed 
or fresh. 
It is a well-authenticated fact that, under 
product increases in quantity. But the pro- 
ducts of vineyards so manured have an ac- 
kKnowledged defect—they impart to the wine a 
flavor which recalls the kind of manure ap- 
lied. What is gained in size of bunch and 
frequently turned ; but do not allow any de- 
composing organic ma matter to come in contact 
with the newly planted vine. 
During the first summer little else can be 
done than to keep the ground mellow, loose 
about the plants and free from weeds; stirring 
the ground, especially in dry weather, is the 
best : 
salt-hay, or the or maintain @ more 
Do not tie 
‘iil be obtained. A fair growth is about four 
_ feet the first summer. Some grape-growers 
_ prefer, however, to allow but one a the 
strongest, to grow, and break the others off, 
_ then tie this one shoot to a stake, and pinch 
pack the laterals to one or two leaves each. 
a a= after the foliage is all off, cut back 
to two or three buds. Cover the short cane left 
with a fewinches of earth before the ground 
freezes. If any vacancies have occurred, fill 
out, as soon as possible, with extra strong 
vines, of the same varie 
During the following thier. the TRELLIS 
should be built.. The plan adopted by most of 
our experienced grape growers, as possessing 
some advantages over other plans, gta! if 
grapes are grown in large quantities, is as fol- 
lows: Posts of some durable timber (red ‘sii 
is best) are split 3 inches thick and about 7 feet 
long, so as to be 5 feet in height after being 
set; these posts are set in holes 2 feet deep, 16 
to 18 feet apart in the rows (so that either 2 
vines 8 feet apart, or 3 vines 6 feet apart, are 
between two stakes); three wires are then 
stretched horizontally along the posts, being. 
fastened to each post With : a staple 9, which is 
driven in so firmly that the wire is prevented 
Fig. 61.—(Four wires, 15-inches apart.) 
nt weather) will not loosen them. 
ire is placed about 18 inches from the ground 
oa the others 18 inches apart; this brings the 
upper wire about 4 feet 6 inches from the 
ground. The size of the wire used is No. 10 
iron ; No. 12 wire is strong enough. 
At the present prices of wire the cost per acre 
will be from $40 to $60, according to distance of 
rows and number of wires used. 
In place of the wire, slats or laths may serv: 
| the same purpose (as seen in Fig, 62), but they 
ak. 
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