348 Cultivation and Management of Hops. 
poles fastened to upriglits ; Mr. Coley, of Maidstone,* invented 
a plan in 1868, on somewhat similar principles, which has been 
Fig. 3. — Mr. Colei/s vinery system of polinrj hops. 
already largely adopted, and has many advantages. According 
to this plan, two stout thoroughly creosoted poles — 16 feet or 
14 feet, reduced to about 12 feet long — are firmly pitched to 
each hill east and west. These have at the point " b " in the 
annexed drawing, two pieces of wire lashed to their tips to 
form a fork to receive a diagonally inclined pole of from 12 to 
14 feet long, which rests at the point " c " in a staple fixed 
to the upright pole of the opposite hill. A stout piece of 
wood, " 0 c," is nailed to the uprights at each hill, to keep 
them firm. These uprights are fixtures ; the diagonal poles are 
lifted out at picking time and stacked away for the winter, 
after a new method of Mr. Coley's ; but there can be no reason 
why this expense should not be saved, by simply replacing the 
diagonal poles, when stripped of bine, in their resting places in 
the staples and wires. They would hardly be more exposed to 
the weather than if they were stacked as at present, a great deal 
of labour would be saved, and the ground would be clear for all 
operations of manuring, digging, or ploughing. In Mr. Coley's 
system the evils of horizontal training are greatly modified, and 
the bine has a congenial support to cling to. High winds do not 
damage the hops, and the plant being cut high does not bleed to 
any extent. Mr. Coley says in his pamphlet, writing of last year's 
crop of hops, " In the early hops we picked at the rate of 
* See a pamphlet called ' The Vinery Principle of Growing Hops.' By Mr. 
Coley. Published by West, Maidstone. 
