. 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. GRAPE 673 L^ wire fence, as shown in Fig. 909; but the Knifftu system omits the bottom wire. The vineyardists of the Chautauqua Grape belt have developed a mode of pruning and training of Grapes which has many features peculiar to that district. The trellis is made of two wires, of No. 9 or No. 10 gauge, and ch
. 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. GRAPE 673 L^ wire fence, as shown in Fig. 909; but the Knifftu system omits the bottom wire. The vineyardists of the Chautauqua Grape belt have developed a mode of pruning and training of Grapes which has many features peculiar to that district. The trellis is made of two wires, of No. 9 or No. 10 gauge, and chestnut posts. The posts are from 6 to 8 feet in length, and cost 1 cent per lineal foot at the railroad station. In later years, since experience has shown how important air and sunshine are in ripenini^ the fruit, 8-foot posts are most coiiii] n^. .1. (.r;i| jio^i^ should be somewhat heavirr li . 'Mily u-nl for wire fence âfrom one-tliiid .' hn ^,r-:tiHl the heaviest should be mit thr â ihI I'lists. im- fanner ih .d bo told that they should be sharpened Willi ;i iriii- li;i-l-pencil taper, excepting the crooked uiu s, should be so beveled as to counteract the crouk in driviii-. The usual distance apart for the posts in the row of Grapes is one post to every three vines, or, in other words, 27 feet, and for ease in stretching the wire, they should be in as straight a line as possible. The posts are driven, but a hole should first be made by an unusu- ally large crowbar with a liulb near the lower end. After the posts are stuck into tlie holes, they are most iently driven by the oi which is hauled through th weight of maul is 12 pounds, to swing one of that size all ⢠monly used because they an- an iron sh-11 till'-l \iith w of the p"^f I--- iI.:h. Ill,, and! n a wagon ;. A fair good man fail eallv :iug the A vineyard should have a break or an alley at right angles to the rows as often as every 50 Grape v
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