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tt.e slioots on the props be very vigorous, two clusters, at the 

 mo^t, should be left upon each, and should be treated in the 

 manner which we will explain in the proper order. The same 

 attentions are bestowed as in the preceding summer, and then 

 a light dressing in November. The result then obtained is 

 shown in Fig. 80. 



Fig. 80. 



Third Year. — Relaying. — In good weather in the first of 

 March, or, if in the South, in the a itumn, the layers must be 

 examined in order to know if they have put forth shoots suffi- 

 ciently large and vigorous to be relaid. If uncovered layers, 

 and still more, if cuttings have been planted, the cultivator will 

 be obliged to wait till the following year and even to the year 

 after to repeat the process of bedding or laying. The roots on 

 the previously bedded shoot will not be sufficiently numerous, 

 they would injure in their development the new layer which it 

 is intended to put down, and the future health of the stalk des- 

 tined to be placed against the wall would suffer. In that case 

 only the two finest shoots of the young stalk should be pre- 

 served. These are cut to a length of only 6 inches, and upon 

 these only a single shoot is preserved during the summer. 

 Should they not be strong enough for relaying in the following 

 year, the same operation is repeated. The stalks obtained from 

 layers in baskets may almost always be rebedded from the third 

 year. In that case the following method is employed. A 



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