50 THE vine-dresser's MANUAL. 



tian and Swabian methods — the stakes should be five 

 and a half feet high above ground and set out thus : 



o Stake. 

 Stake, o O Head. 1^= South. 

 o Stake. 



Where two thighs are carried, the stakes should be 

 six feet high above ground, and set out thus : 



Head, 

 Stake, o O o Stake, l^" South. 



being careful to get them into perfectly straight rows, 

 and one foot each way from the head. This method 

 and the trelhs described below, are the two which I 

 would recommend as the best, and are those which I 

 have adopted. The trellis, however, is better adapted 

 to the growing of table grapes than grapes for wine. 



A method very much practiced in the vicinity of 

 Cincinnati, is to have a single stake with one " bow" 

 and one "spur ;" the spur being trimmed down to two 

 or three buds, the shoots from which furnish the spur 

 and bow for the next year. See Fig. 13. 



The general principles laid down for pruning on two 

 stakes may be easily modified and applied to this and 

 other methods. 



Where one thigh is carried, with one "bow" and 

 two or three spurs, it is customary to have three stakes 



