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The word adventitious is from adventive, implying 

 accidental, and not, necessarily, pre-existing in form ; 

 and as I am not aware of any instances where buds have 

 teen produced, by art or nature, upon the stem of the 

 ^vine, except at the point where buds originally existed, 

 we may conclude that they are accessory buds. Buds 

 will sometimes be produced from the lateral roots of the 

 vine at the point of separation, especially if they are of 

 considerable size; these are, strictly speaking, adventi- 

 tious. Although several shoots may be forced to grow 

 from what is apparently a single bud, yet it is seldom 

 judicious to do so, for if the bud produces but one shoot, 

 it will be much more vigorous than if the strength of 

 the plant is divided among several. It is a matter of 

 considerable moment to the vineyardist that all the main 

 buds be fully developed, and especially those that are 

 required for producing fruit and bearing canes, as it is 

 only from such buds that the largest and best fruit is 

 produced. Keeping this fact in view, every precaution 

 should be taken to preserve the vitality, as well as the 

 full development, of the buds. 



Nature has provided a protection to the buds, by 

 Covering them with bud-scales, which ordinarily serve 

 to protect them against the sudden changes of the atmos- 

 phere while they are dormant ; but in some sections of 

 the country this protection is insufficient, and their 

 vitality is either entirely destroyed, or very much injured. 

 In such localities an artificial protection must be fur- 

 nished. The method of applying such a protection will 

 be given in another chapter. 



