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GRAPE. 



twelve inches is far better than twelve hundred. 

 Shallow planting, it may be repeated, is the grand 

 secret, and forming the border so as to induce the 

 horizontal range of the roots, rather than inviting 

 them downwards, away from air and sun heat, which 

 they cannot well do without. 



As the roots of the vine should be kept as near 

 the surface as possible, it follows, that they should 

 not be subjected to be wounded by the spade, or 

 robbed by deep-rooting surface crops. A mulching 

 of exhausted stable dung, laid and kept on in dry 

 weather, and forked in occasionally, is all the manur- 

 ing required by this tree. 



Training the Vine, 



Of all other fruit trees, the vine is the most 

 tractable. The certainty with which it may be made 

 to break at any place, and the pliability of the young 

 shoots, enables the trainer to give it what form he 

 pleases. There are three principal modes of pruning 

 the vine, viz, the horizontal or fan form, which is 

 only suitable for single trees ; the spur method ; and 

 tlie upright style of training. 



The first is that plan of training adopted for the 

 great vine at Hampton Court ; which, when the 

 principal leaders are formed, have their laterals every 

 year cut down to from three to six eyes, by which 

 method great crops are produced. 



The second, or spurring-in method, is selecting 

 principal leaders for every rafter in a house, or at 

 about two feet distances apart on the open walU 



