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Jike those just mentioned. Near Asti this 
and the qoy is aaan fot its wine. sti spu- 
dbea i 
Sn arcade, consisting of stakes supporting Sint 
formed of a bent Willow wand, to which the Vin 
i i 44F. In other cases the r aac 
cut en gathere 
are tied up in bundles like Raspberry canes, and bent 
i covered with straw during the winter, 
‘= Still going in a southerly direction, through a won- 
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mode 
of gro the Vine is ede wpa seen, 
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will, however, show that Virgil’ s expression, **Vitesque 
adjungere ulmis,” is still applicable. The Elms are 
sees ay: ites tree naei -> oe co org of Vines, 
Sometimes the poll as to be bifur- 
enact = the top, like the le letter v= and then a double 
fest hens , one fro ranc 
ised in th 
to see what advantage such a plan would and 
equally easy to see how much more convesiaht | it is to 
kee ad the Vines more tes bra access. In olden 
times, however, a different view prevailed, and Pliny 
states that the best wine was ay produced from Vines 
n 
e the flowering A 
is used, and the feathery inflorescence of this 
mb E ae the young foliage of the Vine, is very r 
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In essre to these more formal modes of training 
| the Vine in fields and vineyards proper, the inhabit- 
| ants a naturally avail themselves of so beautiful a 
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cli r su and arbours, 
and specially to form their ‘‘pleathed bowers,” here 
called ‘‘ pergolas,” and which consist of straight walks 
with square stone pillars at intervals, and with a 
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lett a 
FIG. 42.—VINE TRAINING IN ITALY, 
allowed to twine bean trees—** Nobilia vina non | 
zt 
i? Ulmi vitibus napere 
mella, while 
P lar—“ Adulta vitium pro- 
i Zae Yas aie ee ” and Virgil makes 
frequent allusion to the sienilat union between the 
Vine and the Elm. ENE : paa 
Ges yeb 16 iya used fruit trees for 
times do the T the Vine. They do not even, 
as A Pale’ Mikk ude nc aia places witk UE VEE 
commonly grown in e same places Vi 
this may. from the inconvenience the 
egi ing the Mulberries 
would cause in stri 
for 
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by the 1 rich foliage eof the: Vines 
had ks must be in tł 
' al growing the Vi 
tion, these pictural met jemore ; of 
pears lage to the bape method of culture, w wih, 
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