One -Year- Old 



nursery 



grown 



Grape Vine. 



The figure at 



the left 

 indicates the 



method of 



pruning roots 



and top 



before 



planting. 



A 



be entrusted to careful men. As soon as pruned, the vines 

 should be heeled in and the soil either wet or tamped down 

 to prevent the roots from drying- out. The heeling-in ground 

 should be centrally located, so that it will not be necessary 

 to carry the vines too long a distance to the planters. 



HOW TO PLANT 



Each man should be provided with a bucket or five-gallon 

 coal-oil can. A small quantity of water in the bottom will 

 keep the roots moist. Each bucket should be filled with 

 vines, and replenished from time to time with vines as they 

 are needed by the planters. 



The planting- wire should be stretched across the first 

 check to two stakes which should be directly opposite to each 

 other. Each planter should have charge of two marks on 

 the wire. As an illustration, figure on a basis of planting 



e vines eight feet apart each way and leaving- out every 

 thirty-first vine for an avenue. It would be necessary to 

 have a chain 250 feet long- over all, including- a two-foot "link 

 each end for the ring and to permit drawing the chain 

 .aut. To such a chain it would be nceesasry to have seven- 

 teen men, two to stretch the chain across the field between 

 the two stakes set opposite each other in the check and 

 fifteen to do the planting. The marks eight feet apart in 

 the chain indicate where the vines are to be set. In planting 

 the vine should be set so that the collar will be level with 

 the top of the ground when it is settled, except with grafted 

 V i n !^' hich win be referred to later. The soil in the bottom 

 of the hole should be loosened up, and that used to fill in 

 should be top soil, the first few shovels of which should be 

 well tramped in, the top being left loose. Having set this 

 line of vines, the chain is carried to the next two line stakes 

 and so on until the check is planted. Within two weeks 

 after planting the earth should be settled around the vines 

 either by hauling water to them or by irrigating, running 

 the water in furrows along each row. This is important for 

 even with a good field boss over a crew of men, some of 



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