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It is usually more convenient to take the canes from the vines, place 

 them in an outhouse or shed, and make them up into cuttings in rainy 

 weather. In a shed they may be left without protection for a couple 

 of weeks, but it is best not to leave them longer, especially in dry 

 weather. 



The scion cuttings are conveniently cut in lengths of from 18 inches 

 to 3 feet, and tied in bundles of 100 to 250 if they are to be transported 

 to a distance. They should be tied up in such a way that the butte 

 of all of them are even ; this will prevent any of them drying out when 



FIG. 2. Mother vines of resistant stock. (From catalog of F. Richter, Montpellier.) 



they are heeled in. If they are to be kept for grafting where cut, 

 should be made into loosely tied small bundles, which should be well 

 covered with loose soil or sand, care being taken to cause some of the 

 sand to fall in among the cuttings in the center of the bundle. They 

 may be heeled in outside in some place protected from the sun and 

 from water. They are safer, however, and will remain dormant longer 

 if placed in a sand pile under a shed or in an underground cellar. 

 There should be a few inches of sand both under and above the 

 cuttings. 



The sand in which the cuttings are placed should be fairly dry. If 

 too dry the cuttings may die, but the chief danger is that it will be too 

 wet, in which case they will rot. The sand should not contain more 

 than five per cent of moisture. With less than this amount it will not 



