Support system in the vineyard; see under stake.
The wooden stake has been used in viticulture for many centuries as a support system in the vineyard. Each individual vine is grown on a wooden stake (made of acacia, sweet chestnut, spruce, larch or fir) (single-pole training). This conventional form is still used today in...
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