72 MY VINEYARD. 



In selecting the seed, they should be sound and thor- 

 oughly ripened, and only of the best varieties. It would 

 be only lost time to take seeds from wild varieties, as 

 some have recommended. It would be like going back to 

 the beginning of the road, when you are alreadv a good 

 piece towards the end of the journey. 



The soil in the bed should be deeply worked, and en- 

 riched with thoroughly rotted manure, if it should be re- 

 quired. Leaf mould, from the forest, is a very suitable 

 manure for this purpose. The best time for sowing is in 

 the fall. The drills may be fifteen inches apart. The seed 

 should be sowed pretty thickly, and covered about a half 

 inch deep. In the spring, when the plants are about 

 three inches in height, they should be thinned to three 

 inches apart in the rows. Brush may be put in as in 

 brushing peas, for the vines to climb up on. The surface 

 of the bed should now be thoroughly mulched with coarse 

 litter, after which the Adnes will require no further care 

 during the season. 



In the fall, the plants may be dug up and the long roots 

 cut off, to within six or eight inches of the stem. The 

 stem may be cut back to two buds. The plants should be 

 carefully heeled-in for the winter, and the soil drawn up 

 around the stems so as to completely cover them. 



The next spring, the plants may be put out, where they 

 are to grow. They should be in rows five feet apart, and 

 three feet apart in the rows. If there is an abundance 



