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sharp knife* A cleft is then made in the top of the stock two 

 or three inches deep, and the scion inserted containing two or 

 three eyes. It is then covered with grafting wax, or clay, and 

 the surrounding earth drawn up in a mound. The grafts which 

 you intend to use in the spring should be cut from the vine in 

 the fall previous and buried either in the earth on a dry place, 

 or put into sand in a cool and dry cellar. It is better in the 

 spring to wait until the stock upon which you intend to set 

 3'our grafts should be in some state of forwardness, say nearly 

 or quite in leaf before you set the scions. 



LAYERING THE GRAPE. 



This is the easiest and most successful mode of multiplying 

 the grape vine ; it is simply to dig a trench near your vine, six 

 inches wide, and three to four inches deep, and then take well 

 ripened shoots growing near the base of the vine ; bend these 

 carefully and peg them down with the end of the shoot above 

 ground. This must be done early in the spring. These will 

 make good plants in one season for setting. 



PRUNING AND TRAINING. 



It is difficult to give directions on paper for pruning vines, 

 as there are so many cases requiring different management, but 

 we will try to give a few general ones, that may be of benefit, 

 and which if properly followed will produce finer fruit,and more 

 regular crops, than if no pruning at all had been practised. In 

 the first place, we will suppose a young vine, one or two years 

 old, about to be planted ; it should be cut back, if not previ- 

 ously done (if it is in the spring) to two buds, only one of 

 which should be allowed to grow through the summer ; the 

 other rubbed out after having pushed two or three inches, it 

 having been kept in case of accident to the first. The grow- 

 ing shoot should be kept tied to the stake or trellis, and if the 



