84 THE AMERICAN VINE-DRESSER'S GUIDE. 

 OF THE DISEASES OF THE VINE. 



The vine is subject to various diseases, the 

 causes of which are little known. We readily 

 perceive wlien it dwindles, by the color of its 

 bark and leaves, which acquire a yellowish 

 tinge. The promjDtest remedies must then be 

 applied. The following are the safest : mould- 

 ing the vines as indicated under manures; 

 applying to each plant two or three double 

 handfnls of wet ashes ; brushing off the 

 trunks thoroughly to remove the vermin ; un- 

 covering and cutting away all the superfluous 

 roots, and especially pruning very close, that 

 is to say leaving but one bud on each shoot. 



Although the vine should have no symp- 

 toms of disease, I would advise brushing every 

 winter, by which operation it is cleaned and 

 protected from numberless dangers, and par- 

 ticularly from vermin, and from chancres, 

 which can only be cured by cutting them 



