vine-wise

Updated: June 29, 2025

Apples, pears, gooseberries, and such common fruits, we helped ourselves to freely, but I had given my word not to touch any of the rare varieties such as plums and greengages. These were trained, vine-wise, along the walls. But we seldom lacked animal food, for we could always snare rabbits or, except in the depths of winter, catch fish.

W. C. (William Charles) Scully - Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer