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and under most circumstances, the plants are 

 more certain to grow if set out in early spring. 

 If I had to buy my vines at a distance, or was 

 about to invest in some new and costly variety, 

 I should prefer spring by all means. But if I 

 had plenty of young plants in my own garden, 

 or could obtain them of a near neighbor, I should 

 be equally in favor of summer and fall planting. 

 Vines set out in spring will produce nothing 

 worth speaking of that season, and should not 

 be permitted to bear at all, whereas by early 

 summer planting, and the extra care possible in 

 a small garden, a large crop can be had the fol- 

 lowing June. For instance, my strong plants 

 commence throwing out runners rapidly even in 

 June while fruiting. If I were anxious to ob- 

 tain new runners, and made the ground rich 

 and mellow around the producing plants, there 

 would be plenty fit for transplanting in early 

 July. As we have before described, there 4re 



