248 REARING VINES FROM CUTTINGS AND EYES. 



generally takes place so late in the season, that it very sel- 

 dom happens in this vicinity, that there is an after return o 

 frost. 



If the general method is to be pursued of rearing the vines 

 in nurseries preparatory to placing them in their destined loca- 

 tions, the cuttings may be planted in rows from two to two 

 and a half feet asunder, and about a foot a part in the rows, 

 where they can be allowed to remain until they have made 

 one or two years' growth according to the option of the pro- 

 prietor. Some persons prefer raising vines in pots, but this 

 method is too troublesome to be pursued on a large scale, ' 

 and where so much greater facilities are offered by open cul- 

 ture. Those who adopt it commence their operations early 

 in the spring, and generally use single joints to each end of 

 which they apply composition or plaster ; these are then 

 planted at a depth of one and a half inches in rich soil, and 

 well watered to settle the earth : the pots after being thus pre- 

 pared are placed in a hot bed and regularly watered, where 

 by the middle of May or June, they will attain sufficient 

 growth to allow of their being turned out of the pots and 

 placed in the garden or vineyard intended for their reception. 

 Here the vines should receive occasional waterings until they 

 become established in their new position. If however it is 

 preferred to plant the cuttings at once in a permanent situa- 

 tion, the following course can be pursued : After the distances 

 have been marked out and the holes prepared to receive them, 

 the planting can proceed by adopting such one of the different 

 methods as may be preferred, but in all cases I would recom- 

 mend that three scions be set in each place thus marked out, 

 in order to allow for any failures, and I consider it preferable 

 that two of these should be suffered to grow, as one can be 

 afterwards removed; and the third (if that should succeed also) 

 can be destroyed or be transplanted the ensuing season. By 

 thus planting an extra number of scions, you secure yourself 

 against the injury resulting from failure, and you increase the 

 chance of a successful growth three to one ; and the value of 

 the extra scions is nothing, when compared with the time that 



