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BETTER FRUIT 



August, 1921 



How to Propagate Small 

 Fruits 



Grapes 



GRAPES are propagated in the fall and 

 winter by means of cuttings. Well 

 matured canes of average thickness, having 

 nodes or joints somewhat close together for 

 the variety, make satisfactory cuttings. 

 Overgrown "bull canes" should be avoided 

 and the wood should be of last summer's 

 growth. Such suitable growth therefore as 

 is cut away in the annual pruning m.ay be 

 used for propagating purposes. Having se- 

 lected a suitable cane, begin at the butt and 

 cut off just below the node, then skip a 

 node and cut off the cutting just two inches 

 above the next or third node. This is re- 

 peated until the best part of the cane is used 

 up. The cuttings will average about a foot 

 in length and should be tied up in bundles 

 and packed in moist sand or sawdust until 

 spring. Or they may be buried upside down 

 in the ground in a well drained spot. For 

 these varieties which do not root readily 

 from cuttings one or more canes are pulled 

 down to the ground in the spring and cov- 

 ered with soil, leaving a part of the ter- 

 minal end out of the ground. Roots or 

 sprouts will generally be thrown out at the 

 nodes and each rooted piece will make a 

 new plant. 



Blackberries 



THE bushes of the blackberry usually 

 sprout up readily and these may be 

 transferred to a new location. During the 

 winter, roots a quarter to a half an inch in 

 thickness may be dug and cut into three- 

 inch lengths. These are stored away as 

 directed for other cuttings and planted out 

 in the nursery row in the spring. 



Raspberries 



THERE are three kinds— the reds, black- 

 caps and purple canes or hybirds. The 

 reds sprout profusely from the roots and are 

 multiplied the same as blackberries. With 

 the blackcaps and purple varieties new canes 

 are produced from the long drooping 

 branches which bend down to the ground 

 and take root. In the spring these plants 

 are cut away from the parent plant and are 

 ready for setting. 



Gooseberries and Currants 



THESE are easily rooted from cuttings 

 of the new wood which are taken any 

 time after the leaves have fallen. Cuttings 

 therefore, may be made from such new 

 wood as is pruned out. They are made about 

 eight or ten inches long, tied in bundles and 

 buried upside down in a well-drained loca- 

 tion or packed in moist sand or sawdust in 

 a cool cellar. The plants may also be propa- 

 gated by drawing the soil up in a mound 

 over the bushes, covering them about a 

 fourth of the way up. Each one of the 

 branches will take root in the course of one 

 or two season's growth and then thev can 

 be separated to form new plants. 



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