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rotting during the winter. The pruning operations and 

 winter dressings given to the ground are also more 

 easily performed. 



[Fig. 67.] — Stakes Heaped Together after the Harvest. 



The expense consequent on the staking of the vines 

 is undoubtedly the most considerable of all those in- 

 volved in the cultivation of a vineyard. 



[Fig. 68.] — Stakes put up in Stacks. 



In Burgundy, and in the vicinity of Paris, the price 

 of stakes, per thousand, is as follows : 



