72 BRIGHT ON GRAPE CULTURE. 



After some years, under this system, tbe main stem 

 of the vines will become too long to be fruited with ad- 

 vantage, and the tip of the vines may then be layered, 

 and fresh plants, with new roots, will be speedily pro- 

 duced to take the place of the old. 



If desired, the whole house may be renovated, in this 

 way, in a single season, and the greater part of the old 

 border may be removed, after the new plants are fairly 

 established, the old roots being taken out with the soil; 

 and fresh compost may be introduced in place of the 

 old, begining with a border only three feet wide as at 

 first. Thus we have, under this system, a constant, 

 never ending, renewal of wood, roots and border, from 

 year to year, and from one period of time to another, 

 as required by the condition of the vines, keeping the 

 roots always near the surface of the earth, in a soil of 

 well regulated temperature, and in every desirable respect 

 under perfect control. 



Note on " Stopping.'' — In stopping the laterals, as directed 

 in this work, it will be understood that they are not to be kept 

 shortened to one joint, but they are to be stopped once in three 

 or four weeks, according to the rapidity of growth, making four 

 or five stops in a season, and of course forming four or five 

 joints on each lateral, leaving one new leaf on every joint each 

 time of stopping. 



