. Hubbard Company : grape vine specialists. Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Fredonia Catalogs; Nursery stock New York (State) Fredonia Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Grapes Seedlings Catalogs. Posts should be 8 to 9 feet long; the end posts about 5 to 6 inches in diameter at the small end, and the intermediate posts or stakes 3 to 5 inches. Holes about 3^ feet deep should be dug for the end posts and the post care- fully set with a slight inclination outward from the row. The intermediate posts should be from 24 to 30 feet apart, according to the distance apart of the vines
. Hubbard Company : grape vine specialists. Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Fredonia Catalogs; Nursery stock New York (State) Fredonia Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Grapes Seedlings Catalogs. Posts should be 8 to 9 feet long; the end posts about 5 to 6 inches in diameter at the small end, and the intermediate posts or stakes 3 to 5 inches. Holes about 3^ feet deep should be dug for the end posts and the post care- fully set with a slight inclination outward from the row. The intermediate posts should be from 24 to 30 feet apart, according to the distance apart of the vines, allowing three vines between each two posts, and may be set in holes, or the lower ends may be sharpened and driven in holes made with a large iron bar. If the end posts are large enough no bracing is necessary, but, if braces are needed, they may be made of 3x4 or 4x4 scantling, 12 feet long, one end resting in a notch near the top of the post, the other against a stout stake driven firmly into the ground in a line with the row. The lower end of the brace should rest on a flat stone to keep it off the ground and prevent rotting. The lower wire should be 2^ to 3 feet from the ground, the upper wire near the top of the posts, and the middle one half way between. The three wires are sufficient for any of the ordinary methods of training. In putting up the wires they should be fastened to the end posts by winding them twice around, and twisting the end around the horizontal wire and to the intermediate posts by 1-inch staples. The wires should be straightened, but not drawn very tight, as there will be less danger of breaking or pulling out of posts by contraction. The material required for one acre of vines set 8x10 feet will be about as follows: 32 large posts for ends of sixteen rows ; 150 small posts for intermediate support; 600 pounds of No. 11 wire; 8 pounds i-inch staples for fastening wires. PRUNING AND TRAINING The Renewal System.—There are several good systems of pr
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