Contents. xi" 



PLANTING OF A VINEYARD— Connnae^. page 



At what Depth to Plant, - - - - io6 



.Laying out the Line for Planting, - - - io6 



Mode of Planting, - - - - - - io8 



Planting by Layering, - - - - - 113 



Operations Supplemental to Planting, - - - - 114 



Replanting, 115 



VII. PRUNING THE VINE. 



Object of the Operation, - - - - - -116 



The Proper Time for Pruning the Vine, - - - 117 



Method of Cutting the Shoots and Large Stems, - -119 



Pruning Instruments, - - - - . iig 



What Forms to give to the Vines, - - - - 122 



Use of the Parent Stock, - - - - - 123 



Proper Dimensions of the Vine, - - - - 123 



Hight of the Plants above Ground, - - - 1 24 



High -trained Vines, - - - - . - iz5 



Average-sized Vines, - - - - 128 



Low Vines, - - ... 138 

 Mode of Pruning in order to Form the Stocks, - 141 

 Cup-shaped Vines of the South, without Stakes, 142 

 Four-Armed Trellis, for Vigorous Varieties, with Stakes, 1 45 

 Trellis with Two Arms, for Plants of Moderate Vigor, 147 

 Trellis with a Single Arm, for Vines that are not Vig- 

 orous, -- .... ii(.7 



Restoring Badly-Planted or Badly-Formed Vines, 147 



Annual Pruning of Fruit-Stems, - . 1 49 



Principles on which the Operation must be Based, 149 



The foregoing Theory put in Practice, 1 54 



VIII. VARIOUS MODES OF SUPPORTING GRAPE-VINES. 



Necessity of the Operation, - - - - - 155 



Various Modes of Support, - - - - 156 



