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XVII. What is the Period of Planting by Slips or Cultinsg P 

 This kind of planting is performed at the time when the 



vine is planted. 



XVIII. In what Manner is this Kind of Planting managed? 

 In pruning, the vine dresser reserves, in the barest and 



most sterile places, certain slips, upon which he leaves only 

 two or three stalks, according to the strength of the slip: 

 the hole or furrow being made, the slip is gently inclined, 

 by disengaging the roots, and by means of a pair of tongs 

 the stalks are held while placing in the furrow, at from four 

 to six inches distance from each other : the slip being thus 

 fixed at the depth of a foot or thereabout, a hand-basketfull 

 of manure is thrown at the root of the slip ; the hole is then 

 filled up with natural earth in a loose manner, in order to ad- 

 mit of the two or three stalks sending out their shoots with- 

 out being bruised, 



XIX. How many Operations are there to le performed le- 



tween the Pruning and the Vintage Season ? 

 The primings being over, as the same vines are not pruned 

 every year, and even in those which have been pruned the 

 earth has not been thoroughly stirred, the vines are trimmed 

 at the beginning of May : this trimming is called labourage 

 au bourgeon, and is followed by the tyting up of the vine 

 plants. 



XX. Which is the most favourable Moment for Tycing and 



Paring the Vine? 



While the vine is in flower, it must not be touched : it 

 must be pared when the flower has nearly passed away, and 

 at the height indicated in Art. XV.: it must afterwards 

 be tied in such a way as to envelop the slip, without in- 

 juring the circulation of the air or the growth of the suckers. 



Finally ; about the middle of August, in order to clear 

 away the grass from the roots of the plant, and to raise up 

 the grapes which may have fallen to the ground, a third and 

 last trimming takes place. 



The following is the routine practised in the vineyards of 

 Champagne : 



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