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angles with the first marking. The sections, when the 

 marking is completed, have much the appearance of a 

 checker-board. All this is done preparatory to planting 

 the vines. 



THE CUTTINGS. 



The bog is to be planted with cuttings, usually called 

 m( uprights." They are the shoots of the running, or 

 main stems of established vines, from two to four inches 

 long, which bear the fruit. Sometimes long cuttings, 

 some two feet in length, are used, being doubled at the 

 time of planting. 



MAKING THE CUTTINGS. 



The uprights are mowed off of an established bog, using 

 a butchering knife. They are cut off smooth from the 

 runners and rolled back in windrows, as one would roll 

 back a fleece in shearing a sheep. The dead wood is re- 

 jected, and only the fresh clean cuttings are used for 

 planting or are barrelled for transportation. The aver- 

 age quantity of uprights required for planting an acre is 

 four barrels, but with older cuttings it would take more, 

 as with age the vines become larger and heavier. When 

 a vine is eight or ten years old, its stem is about the size 

 of a lead pencil, but when younger it is about the size of 

 the lead or point of the pencil. 



KEEPING THE CUTTINGS. 



After making the cuttings, they should not be exposed to 

 the sun for any length of time before planting, but should 

 be kept in the shade and under water, in a pond or run- 

 ning stream, where there will be fresh water flowing over 

 them all the time. They should not be put into stagnant 

 water, for in that case they would "cook," or spoil. In 

 the manner above descr.bed, the vines could be kept all 



