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OPEN" AIR GRAPE CULTURE. 



vines, which will in some cases bear the succeeding 

 season, maybe obtained by layering older and stronger 

 shoots ; but the most healthy and, we believe, the 

 most vigorous, plants will be produced by follow- 

 ing the directions just given. 



Instead of one plant, several may be obtained from 



Fig. 44. 



the same layer, if it be simply buried its whole length, 

 as in Fig. 44. Roots will start from each joint, and 

 consequently each joint will form a plant. But where a 

 single plant is wanted, the method shown in Fig. 45 

 will give the finest results. 



If very fine plants are wanted, in a short time, the 

 best method is to sink a six-inch (or larger) pot in 

 the ground and layer the shoot in it. This is best 

 done by first making a hole in the ground, sufficiently 

 large to receive the pot ; then by running the loop 



