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HOPS. 



Marking the ground off into triangles is always a more 

 troublesome job than setting it out in squares or rectangles ; 

 and, furthermore, the triangular method increases the 

 difficulty of team work in cultivating the garden, as well 

 as causing loss of time in tying the plants to the poles. 

 Thus, when the plants are set in squares, and usually also 

 when set in rectangles, the tyer can generally deal with four 



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Pig. 19. — Planting on the triangular system. 



plants from one centre, which is not altogether practicable 

 when triangular setting is adopted. And when the plants 

 are so high that a ladder has to be used in tying, this 

 inconvenience of the triangular system becomes more 

 apparent, the hop ladder having to be shifted a greater 

 number of times. In most cases square or rectangular 

 planting is preferred (Figs. 20 and 21). 



