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AMERICAN GRAPE CULTURE. 



about eight or ten inches in length. A layer 

 thus pruned, and laid in the hole, with the 

 roots spread out ready to be covered, may be 

 seen in Fig. 18. Fig. 19 is a front view of 

 the same vine. The hole should be dug some 

 six or eight inches deep, as before directed, and 

 twenty inches square, or large enough to admit 



Fig. 18. 



the roots when spread out. Proceed as fol- 

 lows : set a stake firmly, to support the vine 

 while growing ; then place the vine in position 

 in the hole, and taking the roots on one side, 

 spread out evenly all that will lie on the soil 

 without overlapping each other, holding the rest 

 lip ; cover them with an inch or so of soil, and 



