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which would be diflB- 

 cult to do, particu- 

 larly after the vine 

 has become large. 

 The vine may be 

 trained with one 

 arm, and this could 

 be laid down more 

 conveniently than 

 when there were 

 two ; but still it can 

 not be laid flat with- 

 out bending the main 

 stem, or straighten-' 

 ing the angle which 

 is formed in making 

 the horizontal arm. 

 ^ To surmomit all the 

 ~ difficulties met with 

 in the common 

 modes of training, 

 and still continue 

 upon the arm and re- 

 newal system, I have 

 adopted what I call, 

 for the want of a bet- 

 ter name, the oblique 

 system. The vines 

 are planted three feet 

 apart in the row, and 

 the rows six feet 

 apart ; this allows 

 2,014: vines to the 

 acre. 



The vines are 

 planted in the same 



