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much as possible when they are turned out of 

 the pots. 



If the season be warm and fine, the grapes of 

 early kinds ripen very well on these layers before 

 they are taken up ; and, if properly managed, they 

 will bear some fruit the first year after planting. 

 One of the strongest shoots must be left nearly at 

 full length, cutting it as high as the uppermost 

 full bud, leaving nothing but round well-ripened 

 wood. If there are three shoots, the remaining 

 two should be cut so as to leave only two full eyes 

 upon each, which should be trained at full length, 

 as before directed, to produce fine wood for next 

 year. The shoot which was trained the preceding 

 year should then be cut down, leaving only two 

 strong eyes to produce wood for the following 

 year ; and so on every year, cutting the branches 

 alternately ; by so doing, you will be able to keep 

 your walls always covered wdth fine healthy bear- 

 ing wood. Thus a great deal of time is saved in 

 furnishing hot-houses, vineries, &c. 



This method of laying is practised with great 

 success by many nurserymen in the neighbourhood 

 of London ; in particular by Messrs. Gray and 

 Wear at Brompton-park nursery, and by Messrs. 

 Kirke at Brompton j each of whom raises annually 

 several hundred plants, for which they find a great 

 demand. 



If any vines that have been raised from seed 

 should not prove to be of a good flavour, they will 

 be very fit to graft or inarch the finer sorts of vines 



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