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THE GRAPE. 



the lower part being rasped with a coarse woo.d file, cross- 

 wise over the surface, and breaking up the continuity of 

 outline, tearing and destroying the outer cuticle or bark, 



FIG. A. 



and rendering the wood more accessible to the action of 

 moisture and heat. Some growers shave all the bark off 

 from the lower end of the cutting. There are some 

 doubts of the practical value of this method. We have 

 been unable to perceive that the cuttings so shaved or 

 rasped made any more certain or vigorous growth. In 

 Delaware and Nortons we fail to grow, say ten per cent. 

 Why, when they all apparently are equally good cuttings, 

 have the same handling, etc., is this so? 



FIG. B. 

 Figure B is a representation of a two-eyed Delaware, 



