. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 674 GRAPE GRAPE scribed, is most effectual to land the brush on the ground between the rows. The nest operation is to haul the brush to the end of the row. Many tools have been devised for this pur- pose, some of them involving considerable expense. It is now the general practice to use a simple pole —one a lit
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 674 GRAPE GRAPE scribed, is most effectual to land the brush on the ground between the rows. The nest operation is to haul the brush to the end of the row. Many tools have been devised for this pur- pose, some of them involving considerable expense. It is now the general practice to use a simple pole —one a little larger than would be used to bind a load of logs, and not so large as required in binding a load of hay. It may be a sapling about 4 inches at the butt and 2K inches at the top, and 10 to 12 feet long. The small end is to be held in the right hand, and the butt end to be puslied along the ground. A horse is hitched to this pole b)^ a rope drawn through an inch hole about 4 feet from the butt or ground end. When starting at the end of the row, it stems that the straight pole would not gather any brush at all. It is a question of catching the first wad, and all the rest of the brush will cling to it. At the end of the row the brush is hauled to a conve- nient pile, where it is to be burned, and is dumped by letting the end of the pole held in the hand revolve over towards the horse. If the pole hits the horse, the opera- tor will see that there is not enough stretch of rope be- tween the pole and whiffletree, and more must be provided. Tying is done by women, boys and girls, and cheap men. The tying materials are wire, wool-twine, raffia, willow and carpet-rags. The horizontal arms, at the lower wire, are more or less permanent, and they are loosely confined to the wire, always by string or willow. The vertical canes, which are fastened to the top trellis, are now commonly tied with annealed wile of No. 18 gauge, and cut in lengths of 4 inches. Ihe economy in using the wire
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