238 Vineyard Culture. 



Lastly, in the vineyards of Languedoc, where woolen 

 rags are used, that description of manure is spread, 

 every five years, in the proportion of eighty-one cwts. 

 to the acre, and the product is eight hundred and forty- 

 four gallons. 



The few examples that we have given show the fact 

 that the abundance of the crop is in direct proportion 

 to the quantity of manure ; but it is highly probable 

 that the quality of the produce is in an inverse ratio 

 to the quantity of manure. 



How TO Apply the Manure. — We have already 

 seen that among the manures adapted to the vine, those 

 which contain much nitrogen favor the development of 

 the wood, while those rich in salts of potash promote 

 fruit-bearing. It is as well to examine whether these 

 two kinds of manure should be employed together or 

 separately ? 



We are of opinion that the formation of the woody 

 structure, and roots of the plants, should be attended to 

 as quickly as possible. With this end in view it will, 

 therefore, be advisable to make free use of nitrogenized 

 manures, shortly after planting. The use of the salts 

 of potash, at this period, would be injurious, by causing 

 premature crops, which would exhaust the young plants. 



When the stocks are established, the two kinds of 

 manure may be employed at the same time. These 

 manures may be applied in two different ways : they 

 may be placed at the foot of each plant, or spread in a 

 straight line, at the bottom of a trench cut along the 

 middle of the space dividing the rows of vines. 



The distribution of the manures by p.acing them at 

 the foot of each plant, is liable to serious objections, as 



