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years, and for two consecutive years one-tliird 

 of the slips must be replaced. The second is 

 the better plan, inasmuch as you have a crop 

 as early as the second year, and, if the plants 

 be healthy and have good roots, not one of 

 them will fail. 



The vine must be planted, especially in 

 very cold countries, toward the end of the 

 month of March or the beginning of' April. 

 In order to insure success, furrows eighteen 

 inches wide and twenty deep should be care- 

 fully opened, and that, if possible, in the sum- 

 mer or autumn preceding the planting, so 

 that the earth may be exposed to the air. 

 This may be done most economically and ex- 

 peditiously by ploughing up the same furrow 

 three or four times in succession ; after which 

 the earth is thrown out with the spade, and the 

 convenient depth is easily reached. If you 

 have but few vines to plant, and are regardless 

 of the expense, let the ground be thoroughly 

 dug up with the spade in every direction. 



