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Vineyard Culture. 



cultivated in rich soils, and generally undergo the same 

 treatment, there is, besides, this other inconvenience : 

 that, owing to the limited number of fruit-stems, it will 

 not furriish so great a yield as might otherwise be had, 

 and the bunches are badly shaded by being smothered 

 in the leaves. By treating these vines as in Figure 34, 

 a number of shoots might he left on the fruit-stems, 

 proportionate to the vigor of the stocks. 



3d. Low Vines. — In low vines the shoots start from 

 the stocks at eight inches, or less, from the ground. — ■ 

 This method is particularly adapted to the northern por- 

 tions of the vine regions, where the less vigorous va- 

 rieties are cultivated, and where the frames of the vines 

 are but slightly developed. The stocks are, besides, 

 sufficiently close to each other to reduce their vigor, 

 which, added to the close prox- 

 imity of the bunches to the 

 soil, favors their ripening. 



In the vineyards in the vicin-i 

 ity of Pacis, and at many similar 

 points, as regards climate, the 

 stocks are trained on the plan 

 of Figure 38. There, also, it 

 will be profitable to substitute 

 the form illustrated in Figure, 

 35. By this means, wires may 

 be substituted for grape-stakes, 

 and the plow for manual labor. 

 In a word, the number of plants 

 on an acre being reduced, with- 

 out diminishing the yield, the 

 bunches will be better warmed, 



[Fig. 38.] — Low Vine 

 in the vicinity of Paris. 



by the sun, and the wine improved in quality. 



