On the Cultivatio?! of the Fine. 



In February, take a single joint of the vine you 

 choose, the " Genuine Tokay" if you can find it, cut 

 it ofFat half an inch above the eye, and again at two 

 inches below the eye, cover each end with a sticking 

 plaister of any kind, and set it in a pot of garden mould 

 (about 5 or 6 inches diameter and unglazed). The 

 eye of the cutting must be covered with earth, and 

 then watered to settle the ground ; after this lay half 

 an inch of horse dung on the surf\\ce to keep it from 

 becoming dry and hard. Place the pot in your hot 

 bed, prepared for raising your cabbage plants, when- 

 ever that is ready. The vine will require no further 

 care than that extended to your cabbage plants. If 

 more than one shoot rises from the eye, rub off all 

 but the strongest. About the first of June, turn out 

 the vine from the pot and set it in your garden, or at 

 the east or north end of your house, wherever it can 

 be protected from violence. It will grow in any soil, 

 but, like other plants, it grows best in the best soil. 

 When first removed, water it at a distance from the 

 plant, so as to draw the earth toward the vine, instead 

 of washing the ground from it. If you water it after- 

 ward, pour the water into a trench at least eighteen 

 inches from the plant ; for unless this precaution be 

 used, watering does more harm than good, and does 

 most injury in the driest time. As the vine shoots 

 upward, it must be supported from falling. No other 

 care than keeping the ground clear of weeds is ne- 

 cessary for the first summer. In November, a slight 

 covering of straw or Indian-corn husks, is beneficial 

 in preventing a frequent freezing and thawing of the 

 vine. In February it must be trimmed ; and here 



