50 PLANTING VINES. 



would have those fresh from the yard or the swamp."* 

 Experiment has proved that the vine can be treated 

 according to the latter method without detriment to 

 itself. It will, therefore, be evident that the vine can 

 be taken up and have all the soil taken from its roots, 

 be packed in barrels, and forwarded to any part of the 

 country, without being injured 



It is admitted by most cultivators of the cranberry 

 that in the absence of ability to " flood the patch" in 

 the winter, that it is better to plant in the spring than 

 the fall, because those vines set out in the fall, which 

 are not " flowed," will get frozen, and when the frost is 

 thawed out, it will throw the young plants up and out 

 of the soil. In circumstances like these, spring plant- 

 ing is the best. 



Those who determine upon this season instead of 

 the fall for setting out, will, of course, not remove 

 their vines until they are prepared to transplant. May 

 and the early part of June, for spring planting, are 

 believed on Cape Cod to be the most favorable 

 months. Should you determine upon either one of 

 these months, which you may do with perfect assur- 

 ance that the removal will not injure your vines, you 

 will, therefore, defer their removal until you are ready 

 to give them a place in your newly-prepared situation, 



* Aaron Crowell, Esq. 



