112 ON THE VINERY. 



consideration, because we find it is the common 

 practice to plant all the different sorts at the same 

 distances 5 whereas the different degrees of vigour, 

 and manner of growing of the different sorts, 

 require larger or less space to be allowed, in pro* 

 portion to the natural character and qualities of 

 the plant. 



It happens but too often, that the space allowed 

 to Vines is too scanty and insufficient, as we 

 seldom see the distance between plant and plant 

 greater than three or four feet. Now it is certain 

 that a wall wiii soon get furnished by this close 

 method of planting, and that tolerable crops of 

 grapes may also be produced in a lew years ; but 

 if Vine-plants be permitted to remain many years 

 so close together, they will be cramped in their 

 growth for want of room, and thereby rendered 

 less productive. 



Suppose a wall twelve feet high, and the Vines 

 planted even five feet apart, there will then, upon 

 an average, be only sixty square feet for each 

 plant ; and yet we know that it is possible for a 

 Vine to occupy more than twenty times that space; 



I should recommend a space of from six to 

 twelve feet between plant and plant, according to 

 the sorts of Vines intended to be planted, that is, 

 about six feet for the weak and delicate-growing 

 kinds, and twelve feet for those that grow robust 

 and strong. If these various sorts were judiciously 

 mixed at the planting, about nine feet may be: 

 allowed upon an average. 



