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HOPS. 



Sometimes the cross wires are replaced by simple poles or 

 spars. 



A = the training wires (cords), uprights or supports for the 

 bine ; and, according to the system of training pursued, these 

 wires are arranged vertically, aslant, or zigzag. They are 

 attached at the bottom to iron or wooden pegs, P, driven 

 into the ground near the stocks, and are fitted at the top 

 with hooks to engage with the eyelets in the head wires, or 



Fig. 50. — Lever wire-straining tongs. 



are fastened by merely twisting the end a few turns round 

 the latter. This is more usually the case when string is 

 used for training, in which event the support is simply cut 

 through at the top when the crop is to be gathered. When 

 training wires are tightly fastened to the head wires the latter 

 must be slackened at picking time to enable the pickers to 

 reach the cones. 



