CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 79 



An interesting experiment may be tried in producing 

 fruit in pots by plunging the pot up to the rim, it being 

 first filled with a rich compost. Then bring down a strong 

 fruiting-cane, cutting a notch just below an eye, as seen 

 in fig. 17 ; insert the cane four inches deep into the pot at 

 this cut ; fasten it firmly with a strong peg, and support 

 the fruiting-end of the cane in a perpendicular position 

 with a strong stake. Several pounds of grapes may be 

 ripened in this way ; and, by severing the new vine from 

 the parent stock in September, it becomes a beautiful 

 specimen for exhibition. Vines may also be layered in 

 pots in this manner for the purpose of fruiting during 

 the following winter. Layering is also practised in the 

 month of July, as soon as the young wood has acquired 

 substance, so as to bear the tonguing process, as seen in 

 fig. 17. As the ground is warm, the young roots are 

 soon formed ; but the season is so far advanced, that 

 the layers seldom equal spring layers in strength. Yet it 

 is a rapid method, and requires little care, except mulch- 

 ing and staking. 



