PLANTING VINES. 



wet, particular pains should be taken for draining off any stag- 

 nant waters. 



Planting Vines. 



In all climates where the excessive cold is not an insur- 

 mountable objection, the fall planting is to be preferred. And 

 the advantage is the same with the vine as with fruit trees. 

 It allows a sufficient period for the ground to become settled 

 and compact about the roots, and the latter become prepared 

 during the same space of time, to throw out the small fibrous 

 roots whose vegetation commences at the first return of spring, 

 uninterrupted by any retardment which a spring removal is 

 calculated to produce.. Their growth in such case seems un- 

 affected by the transition, and the settled state of the earth 

 which allows the young roots to extend themselves promptly, 

 forms a powerful protection against the effects of drought, 

 whereas when they are removed in the spring, the looseness 

 of the earth for a considerable period, retards the advance of 

 vegetation, and renders them liable to much injury, thereby 

 causing many vines to entirely fail unless they are nourished 

 by frequent waterings. 



In the colder latitudes however, spring planting will be ab- 

 solutely necessary on account of the climate, for it is well known 

 that vines planted in the spring become by the summer's 

 growth, established in the soil, and acquire sufficient strength 

 and vigour to resist severities of climate, which would in many 

 cases prove fatal to them if planted in the autumn, whereas in 

 the latter case sufficient time would not be allowed for the roots 

 to take hold of the soil, and to establish themselves in their new 

 position. In removing the vines it is necessary to keep the 

 roots moist from the time they are taken up until replanted, and 

 they should be also well watered immediately after planting. 



An intelligent Swiss correspondent advises me, when plant- 

 ing to dip the buts of scions and the roots of vines in a mixture 

 of cow droppings and water. The holes for the vines should 

 be two feet deep, and the same square or in proportion to the 

 size of the vines, being made in all cases sufficiently capacious 

 to allow the roots to take their proper position. 



