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every young root with which it comes in contact. I have 

 known many a thousand cuttings to be destroyed by 

 fungi, while the propagator was searching for a cause in 

 another direction. 



Single bud cuttings are sometimes grown in open 

 air without starting by artificial heat. They should be 

 made early in March and put away in damp sand or 

 moss, so that the callus will form by the time the 

 weather is sufficiently warm to plant out. Then plant 

 in beds, and cover about an inch deep with soil, and 

 about another inch of mold over all. Sawdust, tan, or 

 common moss are excellent materials for this purpose. 

 In dry weather water the same as if they were under 

 glass. 



CHAPTER IV. 



CUTTINGS OF UNRIPE WOOD. 



Although the grape vine may be readily propagated 

 by cuttings taken from the vine while in active growth, 

 circumstances seldom occur when it is judicious to do 

 so. Unless more than ordinary care is bestowed upon 

 the young vines throughout the entire season, they will 

 not only be feeble, but often so diseased that they never 

 become strong and healthy, though at first they may 

 give promise of being so. 



During the prevalence of the "grape fever," some 

 thirty years ago, many thousands of vines were annually 

 raised from unripe wood, or green cuttings as they are 

 usually termed, but it is questionable if the purchasers 

 of such vines would not have been better off, on the 

 whole, without, than with them. 



That good, strong and healthy vines are sometimes 

 produced from green cuttings, I admit, but also assert 



