THE GRAPE 



the warm air arising from the water. On the hilltops 

 of New England, and similarly on the lake shores of 

 New York, Ohio and Michigan, frosts do not generally 

 do harm until after the first of October, at which time 

 the crop is usually ripe enough to pick. 



Propagation of the Grape. 



The grape vine is readily propagated by the amateur, 

 by cutting, by layers, and to some extent by grafting. 



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FIG. 64 A Small Vineyard. 



Cuttings are short pieces of canes of the last season's 

 growth, six to eight inches long, cut with a sharp knife 

 square across the base at a bud, and at the end from 

 one-half to an inch from the bud. The best time for 

 making grape cuttings is in the fall soon after the 

 leaves .have fallen and up to the time the ground freezes, 

 but they may be made in the winter when the canes are 

 not frozen. They may be planted in the fall as soon as 

 made, or tied in bundles of twenty-five and heeled in 



