. The cultivation of American grape vines. Viticulture; Wine and wine making. 46 VINSYARD CULTUEE. to be permanently trained. The rows were eight feet apart, and vines eight feet in the rows. Com- mon posts eight feet long were put two feet in the ground and eight feet apart, having a vine mid-way between the posts. My treliis was composed of lath or strips of sawed boards, nailed to the posts, the lower lath being one foot from the ground, and three above—the upper one being quite at the top of the posts. The extraordinary growth of the Isabella vines soon rendered them crowded and tangled. 1
. The cultivation of American grape vines. Viticulture; Wine and wine making. 46 VINSYARD CULTUEE. to be permanently trained. The rows were eight feet apart, and vines eight feet in the rows. Com- mon posts eight feet long were put two feet in the ground and eight feet apart, having a vine mid-way between the posts. My treliis was composed of lath or strips of sawed boards, nailed to the posts, the lower lath being one foot from the ground, and three above—the upper one being quite at the top of the posts. The extraordinary growth of the Isabella vines soon rendered them crowded and tangled. 1 trimmed the main branches along the lowest rail horizontally, and caused the branches about one foot apart to ascend vertically in a crook- ed or serpentine form to the tup rail.—(See Fig. 6.) B ut I am diffident of giv- ing advice about training large and vigorous Isa- bella vines, in open rows —they grow best and appear best trained on aiched arbors eight or ten feet high The weight of fruii and vine requires something to nst upon; and if tied to a trellis or railing, they will ascend above the railing and be thrashed about by the wind and broken. In March, 1832,1 sold ten thousand cuttings of the Isabella Grape, to William Underbill, of Croton Point, near Sing Sing, New York, whp now has a flourishing. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Spooner, Alden Jermain, 1810-1881. [from old catalog]. Brooklyn, E. B. Spooner
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