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Vineyard Culture. 



Amount of Space allowed between the Plants in the Prin- 

 cipal Vine Regions. 



LOCALITIES. 



SPACES BETWEEN 

 THE VINES. 



NO. OF PLANTS 

 TO THE ACRE. 



Chateauneuf-Colurier (Vaucluse). 



Saint-Cecile (Vaucluse) 



Vauvert and Saint Gilles (Gard)... 



Department of the Gers 



Department of THerault 



Palus of Bordeaux 



Medoc 



Haute-Garonne 



Beaujolais 



Touraine 



Cote d'Or 



Paris 



Orleanais 



Ain, Vosges 



£pernay» 



Moselle 



Ft. Inch. 

 6 6 

 S 9 

 S ' 

 S o 

 S ° 

 5 ° 



3 " 



z lO 

 2 7 



a 4 



2 I 



2 O 



I II 



I 7 



' 3 



I z 



i,ooo 



1,299 



1,606 



1,74a 



',74* 

 1,742 

 2,756 



5,107 

 6,250 



7,398 

 9,120 



9,983 

 11,102 

 16,010 

 25,000 

 30,692 



The above table shows that the mean distance be- 

 tween the plants in the South being eight feet, it de- 

 creases gradually as we advance North, where as many 

 as 30,692 vines are planted to the acre, as is common 

 in certain vineyards of Moselle. Are we to consider 

 these distances, especially those adopted in the north- 

 ern regions, as the best ? We do not think so ; we think 

 that the excessive crowding of the plants has been car- 

 ried too far, and that this system of planting now pre- 

 sents the following objections. 



These plants shade one another mutually, and ren- 

 der insufficient the action of the air, and especially of 

 the sun — influences so necessary to an abundant yield 



