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SEEDLESTG PKOPAGATION OF VAEIETIES. 



As Tisiially practiced, in the latter part of August, 

 the earth is heaped up, and firmly j^acked around these 

 clusters of shoots or stools, as in Fig. 3. 



The shoots throw out roots immediately, but are not 

 usually separated from the stock till the autumn of 

 the following year. It has not been customary to 

 commence earthing up before the second spring ; but 

 we have found it of essential importance to do it 

 earlier, so as to secure the benefit of the concentrated 

 sap of the fall. 



Fig. 4. 



Fig. 4. Treatment of Stools in the first, second, fourth, and fifth years. 



A much better plan, pi'acticed by Mr. A. S. Fuller, is 

 shown at Fig. 4. The stool is planted in a trench, 

 which, as the former increases in size, is, at the earthing 

 up of each successive crop, filled higher and higher, 

 until, at the removal of the fifth crop, the stool is dug 

 up, the lower part of the root removed, and the upper 

 and more vigorous portion replanted. 



