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Vineyard Culture. 



extremities. These two stems, arched upward, are 

 fastened to a cross-stake, sixteen inches above ground. 



[Fig. 33.J — Middle-sized Vine of M'edoc. 

 This form seems to us to be a very advantageous one, 

 at least for vines of vigorous growth. We would, 

 nevertheless, advise the use of the cross-stake sixteen 

 inches above the the first [Fig. 34], on which to fasten 

 the shoots^, instead of laying them down upon the lower 

 rail, by which many of the bunches are deprived of the 

 action of the sun, by being enveloped in the leaves. 



[Fig. 34.] — Two-armed Trellis. 

 The two branches dividing each plant ought always 

 to be of the same size, otherwise the stronger one will 

 soon exhaust the weaker. Now, if the relative care 



