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Vineyard Culture, 



important difference to be noticed Isetween the two 

 modes of planting is, that on two surfaces of one acre 

 each — the one planted in quincunx, and the other in 

 squares, and the plants the same distance apart in both 

 cases — say, for instance, five feet — ^it will take 2,080 

 plants to the acre, planted in quincunx, while the same 

 surface, planted in squares, will only take 1,742. For 

 these reasons, we prefer the quincunx for wide planting. 

 As to the vineyards of the middle and northern re- 

 gions, where the plants are much more crowded to- 

 gether, the quality and probably the quantity of the 

 produce would suffer if the space necessary for the 

 working of the plow were left between the plants. Our 

 advice, therefore, is that the vineyards of the northern 

 and middle regions be divided into two classes : those 

 that are located on hill-sides that are too steep for the 

 working of the plow, and those which can be so culti- 

 vated. 



For the first, the lines must be 

 laid out so as to leave between 

 them the space generally allotted 

 between the plants in that sec- 

 tion of country, provided that this 

 amounts to at least twenty- six 

 inches. The same space must be 

 left between them, setting out the 

 plants of one line opposite the empty 

 spaces on the next line, [Fig. 16.] 

 In vineyards thus laid out, the work 

 [Fig. 16.] — Plant- 's done by hand. 



ing in Rows, on This figure represents a regular 

 steep hill-sides. quincunx. 



