. The American fruit culturist. about fourfeet high, and is intended for a single series of horizontalarms with vertical bearing canes, now rarely adopted. If twoseries of arms are desired, the height may be increased toseven feet. It consists of durable posts placed ten or twelvefeet apart, to which horizontal rails are nailed, the upper one THE GRAPE. 409 at the top and the lower one about a foot from the these, vertical wires, about a foot apart, are stretchedas shown in the figure. These wires being shorter than whenstretched horizontally, need not be so large, and a saving
. The American fruit culturist. about fourfeet high, and is intended for a single series of horizontalarms with vertical bearing canes, now rarely adopted. If twoseries of arms are desired, the height may be increased toseven feet. It consists of durable posts placed ten or twelvefeet apart, to which horizontal rails are nailed, the upper one THE GRAPE. 409 at the top and the lower one about a foot from the these, vertical wires, about a foot apart, are stretchedas shown in the figure. These wires being shorter than whenstretched horizontally, need not be so large, and a saving isthus effected in the expense. Each bearing cane is trained toone of these wires. Another mode is to use wires stretched horizontally, asshown in Fig. 554. The lowest should be eighteen inches ortwo feet from the ground; the next may be an equal heightabove, and to these the horizontal arms are tied, each twelveto sixteen inches higher. This is the prevailing method. Cultivators differ as to the size of the wire suitable to be. Fig. 554.—Trellis with Horizontal Wires. employed. Some use even as large as No. 8, which is one-sixth of an inch in diameter, and is thirteen feet to the severally employ No. 10, which is twenty feet to thepound; No. 12, which is thirty-three feet, and No. 14, whichis fifty-four feet to the pound. For the vertical wire trellis,already figured, No. 16 is large enough, which is nearly onehundred feet to the pound. When the smaller wire is used,it should pass through holes in the end post, and be broughtaround at the side, and the end twisted around the main may be easily done by using a strong, round piece ofwood about a yard long, around which the end is brought, andwhich by using as a roller and lever combined, easily accom-plishes or renews the desired tension. No. 10 is most used. The wire used for this purpose should be annealed, and isbest when galvanized. The wires are fastened to the otherposts by staples; or easier by tw
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