MY VINEYARD. 57 



CHAPTER YII. 



PLANTING A VINEYARD. 



DEFINITION OF TERMS. 



Before commencing a record of my experience in the 

 planting and management of a vineyard, I will endeavor 

 to give an explanation of the terms used in talking of 

 vines, that will be plain to those who may not be fully 

 acquainted with them. If put in the form of directions 

 for drawing a diagram of the vine, it will be all the plain- 

 er. With paper and pencil draw a horizontal line near 

 the bottom of the sheet, to represent the surface of the 

 ground. Below this line, proceeding from a given point, 

 draw a few irregular lines, to represent the roots of a 

 plant, and from the same point above, draw a vertical line, 

 say six inches long. This we will call the stem. Every 

 half inch, from the bottom of the stem to the top, alter- 

 nating from one side to the other, make a character to 

 represent a leaf. The place where a leaf joins the stem, is 

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