Planting of a Vineyard. 



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distances, and with the same care as we have just de- 

 scribed. 



Whatever may have been said to the contrary, pretty 

 straight Hnes may be made with the plow, and the work 

 may be done more speedily than by opening a separate 

 hole for each plant. 



Planting by Layering.- — In those localities where the 

 vines are very crowded, as in Champagne, Burgundy, 

 and the neighborhood of Paris, only one-half or one- 

 third of the necessary vines are planted as cuttings, or as 

 roots, and then, when these have acquired sufficient 

 strength to put forth two fine shoots, they proceed as 

 follows : 



Suppose the points A, in Figure 22, to represent 

 the places to be permanently 

 occupied by the plants, only the 

 points B, are first planted, and 

 when each of the vines has two 

 fine shoots, a trench is opened 

 during the winter, occupying the 

 entire triangular space, C, and 

 of the depth of twelve to six- 

 teen inches, according to the 

 moisture of the ground ; a layer 

 of earth, mixed with manure, is 

 spread on the bottom of this 

 trench, and the two shoots are 

 then laid down into it, giving them the direction of the 

 dotted lines, so that they may come out at the points 

 A. A small quantity of compost is placed over them, 

 and the trench is filled up with ordinary earth. This 



trench, however, must not be entirely filled ; a space 

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[Fig. 22.] — Planting 

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