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2 Ee tae | Training, ei Soe 
Lattice fences, five feet high, and at a distance of six feet 
trom each other, answer extremely well for vines, which 
should be planted along them at the distance of six feet 
asunder. On these fences the shoots should be trained in a 
horizontal or oblique direction, and each branch singly,,so as 
to allow the air to pass freely through, and causé the wood 
to ripen well, on which invariably depends the success of the 
ensuing crop. At Thomery, a town near Paris, celebrated 
for its fine Grapes, the vines are trained’on trellices eight 
feet high. ‘These lattices possess this advantage, that the 
sun can shine on both sides of the vines in the course of the 
day, and that they allow a free passage to the air, which is of 
great benefit as well in maturing the fruit, as in ripening the 
- wood. In some parts of France, however, where the culture 
of the vine is carried to so great an extent, a very simple 
mode is pursued, which is to place two poles to each vine, and 
to train up two shoots to each of the poles. . This method 
might probably be found advantageous in this country on the 
_ principle of economy, when it is contemplated to establish ex- 
tensive vineyards. 
Culture, &c. 
It is preferable in winter to protect most kinds of foreign 
Grapes in the following manner, though there are many 
which do not require it:—In the course of the month of No- 
‘yember, after they have been trimmed according to the above 
directions, bend each vine gently down, then stake it to keep 
it in its place; after this, proceed to cover it with earth or 
litter, hilling the earth up well around, and sloping it to cast 
off the rain. Inthe beginning of April, they must be care- © 
fully uncovered, and trained along the lattices designed for 
them, or tied up to poles in such a way that the branches are 
kept separate from each other, and, if it is the first season 
after transplanting, allow but three or four of the most vi- 
gorous buds to grow, and rub off the others. It has been 
urged by some, that the necessity for covering most kinds of 
foreign vines precluded their culture for the purpose of mak~ 
ing Wine; but it must have been unknown to them, that the 
_ vineyards on the Rhine, where large quantities of Wine are 
made, are treated in this manner. However, even this ob- 
jection may be remedied by pianting only those vines which 
are cultivated in the north of France, and which there with- 
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