24 FRUITS AND VEGFTABIFS UNDER GLASS 



a large quantity ol' A'incs is to be raised I'rum eyes, tiiese may be laid in Hats, 

 a couple of inches apart, first half filling the flat with soil; then a coat of sharp 

 sand is spread on top and the eyes are pressed down until the bud is level with 

 the sand. This method economizes space, but it has one serious drawback 

 in that the vines are disturbed after they have started to root; as well, 

 the first roots made by the vines are not fibrous, but straight and smooth 

 and very easily broken. 



The most successful way, and the one to be recommended, is tlie follow ing: 

 Take 3-inch pots, fill them partly with broken sod and spread about one inch oi 

 sand on top. Insert one eye in each pot, pressing the eve down into the sand 

 until the bud is level with the sand. These pots may be put into the propagating 

 house where there is bottom heat of about -5', with about -o top, 

 setting them in some material that will pre\ent their drying out too often. 

 They must be kept moist all the time, but do not saturate them. The most 

 critical time, or the danger point, is just as the bud is beginning to leaf out. 

 Too much water lodging around at this period is apt to cause decay. But, 

 after the root action iKecomes good, there is less danger. As the pots get 

 fairly well filled with roots, a shift is in order into 5-inch pots, still using 

 bottom heat for a time. 



When the weather gets warmer the plants ma>- be removed from the bottom 

 heat and grown through the Summer months in a moist, even temperature; 

 about 80° by day and 70° by night is the ideal temperature for them. 

 If everything has gone well they should be good, strong canes in g-inch pots 

 by the Fall, making good material for planting into the borders for fruiting, 

 either in the Fall or in the following Spring, as will be explained later. 



PROPAGATION B^' LA\'ER1NG 



I have seen excellent results obtained by merely rooting young vines and 

 planting them at once in the Grape border at the proper distance for fruiting 

 canes. Through this method, very strong, vigorous canes were grown the 

 same season. I think, however, that better success is likely to be obtained by 

 growing the canes in pots for one season, for in selecting one-year canes, one would 

 naturally desire to have them of uniform size, whereas, if the newly rooted green 

 vines are planted, some may grow away more vigorously than others, thus gi\ing 

 the canes a somewhat une\cn appearance. 



PROPAGATION B^' INARCHING 



Inarching is worthy of mention. In a grapery containing vines which 

 are strong and healthy although of an undesirable variety, it is an easy operation 

 to inarch other varieties thereon. The most feasible way in which to earr\ 

 out this work is to raise the varieties desired in pots and to inarch them on tlie 

 varieties to be discarded when large enough. Well grown one-year canes will 

 answer the purpose. When starting up a grapery with the view to inarching, 

 the stock destined for this operation may be brought into the same house a 



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