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Fig. 108. Tubered Blueberry cutting with sprouts rooting at the base. The sprout 

 at the left in figure 107 had emerged from the sand and begun to develop green leaves 

 above the surface. The sprout near the center of figure 107 is younger, the whole of 

 it still in the rootstock stage. The two sprouts in figure 108 are developing roots on 

 their lower parts, above the dying wood of the old cutting and beneath the surface of 

 the cutting bed. Used through the courtesy of Dr. F. V. Coville of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture 



VITIS Continued 



CUTTINGS. Single eye cuttings may be used when wood is scarce, 

 or valuable. A small piece of wood should be left on each side of 

 the eye so that the cutting is about one and a half inches long. 

 These cuttings are made in February from wood stored through the 

 Winter in a cool cellar. They are placed in propagating bench 

 with slight bottom heat. The best wood for use in making cuttings 

 is that which is rather short jointed. The most common type of 

 cutting, however, is five to seven inches long, made hi the Autumn and 

 stored in a sandy soil out of doors or in a cool cellar. They are 

 placed up-side down to hasten the callus. In the Spring the 

 cuttings are set in the nursery row. 



GRAFTING. Grapes are grafted in earliest Spring or Autumn. The 

 soil around the plants is removed and the cion is inserted beneath 

 the soil. Merely tie with raffia. If grafting has been neglected 



