The Canutlinn Horticulturist. 



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outside l)rancli. We pinch the 

 point off, and if there are too many 

 bunches, pinch back two or three 

 eyes from the second bunch, taking; 

 the third bunch off. Two bunches 

 are, as a rule, l)etter than three or 

 four. 



It will be but a few weeks until the 

 outside bud will have started out, 

 and often both will make several 

 joints of f,aowth, from three to four 

 inches ; then pinch them again. This 

 will form a canopy of leaves over the 

 fruit, and will develop it better than 

 if the cane had been left to grow 

 without checking. There will be 

 plenty of leaves to carry on the fruit 

 and at the same time put more vigor 

 and force into it. This being done, all 

 the surplus vigor will go into the canes 

 destined for the next year's fruiting. 



If a man is growing fine grapes for 

 sale let him try the thinning process 

 on a few vines ; that is, leaving only 

 two bunches on each bearing branch, 

 and if these should not be nice ones, 

 let him take off but one (the best) 

 and th^ see if these will not com- 



mand more money than if the whole 

 crop had been left on. It is a fact 

 that few realize to what size some 

 bunches will attain if properly 

 thinned. If extra fine bunches are 

 desired for exhibition, select the 

 largest bunches when the berries are 

 well formed, and, with a small 

 pointed pair of scissors, carefully clip 

 out every alternate berry. It will 

 surprise those who have never tried 

 this, and it will afford no little grati- 

 fication. 



I once exhibited a bunch of Con- 

 cords that weighed over one pound, 

 and which had berries an inch in 

 diameter. The President of the 

 society came to me and asked serious- 

 ly whether it was really a Concord, 

 and the conmiittee thought that I 

 was putting a joke upon them. This 

 was nearly thirty years ago, when 

 that famous grape was not so well 

 known as now. This thinning has 

 another great advantage in case we 

 wish to bag them, as it takes so 

 many less bags. — S. Millar, in Or- 

 chard and Garden. 



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Itural. 



Cuttings, or slips of roses, mainly 



Propagation of Roses. 



It is too late now to propagate 

 hybrid roses by layermg. This should 

 be done in July, and the piocess 

 is well known, namely, to bend the 

 branch and pin it to a shallow trench in 

 the soil or weight it down and pack the 

 earth firmly on top of it. Before the 

 brancli is laid down, a cut should be 

 made on the under side about an inch 

 long and to the pith of the cane. 

 Spring the tongue away from the cane 

 somewhat, as in Fig. 59, and in the fall 

 it will be found covered with small 

 roots. The cane may then be cut off 

 near the cut and between it and the 

 main plant, and the cutting so rooted 

 will depend upon its own roots for teas, and tenderever blooming sorts.may 

 nourishment. J^till be rooted. This is generally done 



