CHAPTER IV. 



LAYERING AND GRAFTING. 



~V7~ERY strong vines may speedily be obtained, with 

 much certainty and little trouble, by layering. To 

 obtain strong vines in a single season, it is only necessary 

 to bring a shoot, the growth of the previous season, to the 

 ground early in April ; and having made a slight incision 



below an eye, as 

 seen in fig. 17, peg 

 the shoot firmly 

 down at the cut, 

 and cover to the 

 Fig. 17. depth of four inch- 



es. The ground should be mellow and rich, and pre- 

 pared soil should be placed at the point of layering if 

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