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sucli as is loamy and well cultivated; and it is easf- to 

 imagine, tliat a vine, taken from such, old, rich soil, and 

 then transplanted into tlie raw, newly-spaded vineyard 

 ground, must necessarily receive a shock to their 

 growth, which must render them more short-lived than 

 vines grown from cuttings. A cutting remains in the 



Fro. 4, 



Poor cutting. 



Better cutting. 



Best cutting, 

 with bud on old wood. 



vineyard, and its virgin roots are not torn off or in- 

 jured. This I regard of great importance. Grape 

 roots may bear one year earlier than cuttings ; but 

 beyond that much-coveted, and at best doubtful first 

 year, every consideration is in favor of the cutting. 



