RAISING AND FRUITING VINES FROM SEED. 19 



often been the introduction of a great mass of rubbish, but that 

 when these crosses are again crossed, the most decided and important 

 results are obtained. No estimate can well be formed as to the 

 results of any particular cross. In the progeny the characters of 

 both parents frequently appear, while sometimes those of neither can 

 be traced. As a rule, the seedlings are generally of inferior quality, 

 and most heterogeneous, all sorts being produced black, white, round, 

 ovate, etc. It is well to sow the seeds as soon as they are ripe, and 

 grow the plants on as rapidly as possible, for if the seeds are kept 

 until spring, a great many of them may perish, as they soon lose 

 their vitality. 



Seedling Vines are tiresome plants to fruit in pots, although it may 

 seem a most convenient thing to do ; they do not bear fruit readily 

 or freely, and if, as is well known, a pot plant does not show fruit, a 

 fresh plant has to be raised, thereby entailing much trouble and risk 

 of losing the variety. The best plan, therefore, as well as the most 

 satisfactory, is to plant them out in some temporary position, where 

 they can be allowed to giow and fruit when they will most likely 

 in the second year or they may be budded or grafted on to existing 

 Vines, and so get them thoroughly tested before being approved of or 

 condemned. 



