THE GRAPE. 



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giving sufficiently large clusters and of better 

 quality, because less succulent and ripening bet- 

 ter. When it is desirable to cover high trellises 

 or buildings, a modified form called the Tho- 

 mery, from the French village where it was in 

 use a century ago, may be adopted. 



Fig. II. 



Fig. 11 illustrates the method with two arms. 

 It will be seen that while the upright flow of sap 

 is checked by the horizontal position of the arms, 

 yet the young shoots retain the upright position, 

 and those nearest the centre trunk do practically 

 receive a perpendicular flow. However simple 

 and beautiful this system may appear in theory, 

 in practice it does not fully overcome the evil 

 it was designed to meet, and it involves more 

 labor and attention in tying and pruning than is 

 likely to be given, in general culture. Instead of 



