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AMERICAN GRAPE CULTURE. 



Fig. 13. 



make the hole about five inches deeper, and 

 proceed in all respects as above, except that the 

 hole must not be entirely filled up ; an excava- 

 tion of five or six inches 

 being left, which may be 

 filled up on the approach of 

 winter. A vine thus plant- 

 ed is shown in Fig. 13. 

 This is also a good plan for 

 weak vines, which are very 

 apt to die if the roots at 

 planting are covered as deep 

 as they should be permanently. As a rule, 

 the roots, in such cases, should not be covered 

 more than four inches when the vine is 

 planted. If water is needed in time of drought, 

 the hole gives the plant the full benefit of it, 

 and prevents rapid evaporation. The hole 

 should be filled in the fall, and the soil raised 

 around the plant so as to shed water, but should 

 be opened again the next spring if the growth 

 of the vine has been weak. A feeble vine thus 

 planted is shown in Fig. 14, B being the soil 

 covering the roots, C the depth left unfilled, F 

 the ground surface, and D the point at which 

 the cane is to be pruned. 



Some kind of protection often becomes neces- 



