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grow." Dr. Underhillj of New York, a very suc- 

 cessful vine-grower, has a vineyard of between 

 twenty and thirty acres, from which he raises 

 immense quantities of grapes for New York market, 

 which bring from ten to fourteen cents per pound. 

 They are chiefly of the Isabellas, and the vines 

 stand about six feet apart in the rows, and the rows 

 six to eight feet distant from each other, with an 

 occasional wider space for a cart-path. The vines 

 are supported by posts ten or twelve feet apart in 

 the rows, and are about six feet above the ground. 

 Three trellises of wire are stretched upon the posts, 

 and wound around nails driven into each post. 

 The lower wire is about one foot from the ground, 

 and each wire and post receives a coating of coal 

 tar. which serves an excellent purpose of preserving: 

 the iron and wood from rust or decay. A gentle- 

 man at Germantown, Pa., has adopted a similar 

 plan with his vineyard of several thousand vines. 

 L rows stand se,en feet apa,., a„d the .ines five 

 feet in the rows. He uses wire number eleven 

 annealed. He never allows his vines to reach a 

 hight of over four feet when fresh pruned, and at 

 five years of age, fifty clusters to each vine are 

 suffered to ripen One acre if set three feet by six, 

 would contain 2,420 vines ; if set four feet by eight, 

 it would contain about 1,360. 



PRUNING. 



The following concise directions for praning the 



