38 AMERICAN GRAPE CULTURE. 



grown in large pots or tubs, and even these lose 

 their value beyond the third year. The seem- 

 ing exceptions consist of plants that have been 

 root-pruned and transplanted when one year 

 old ; but these are substantially one year old 

 plants, better if the work has been well done ; 

 but if not well done, they are not so good. 



Skillful nurserymen can, if they will, make 

 strong. plants out of weak ones by root-pruning 

 and transplanting; they can even make good 

 plants exceedingly good in this way, at an in- 

 creased cost ; but they are still substantially 

 one year old plants. Fig. 8 is an example of a 

 root-pruned vine grown a second year in a large 



