258 AMERICAN GRAPE CULTURE. 



" callusing," and the infant plant is being nour- 

 ished by the small amount of matter previously 

 laid up. In from eight to twelve days the pro- 

 cess of " callusing " will be pretty well com- 

 pleted, and soon thereafter the roots will begin 

 to appear. When these are about an inch long, 

 the eyes are taken from the propagating bed, 

 and put in small pots in a good fine soil, pre- 

 pared for the purpose. They have heretofore been 

 shaded, and for a little while the shading must 

 be continued, when the plants should be exposed 

 to the light just as fast as they are able to bear 

 and profit by it, and no more. They must now 

 for a while be watched constantly, and not al- 

 lowed to want for any thing. Water must be 

 given just at the moment it is wanted, and then 

 in sufficient quantity to go through the pot. 

 Special care must be taken not to check root 

 action. In two or three weeks the small pots 

 will be well filled with roots, and the plants 

 must be put in larger pots, and staked. When 

 these pots get filled with roots, the plants must 

 be changed to others still larger, and so re-potted 

 from time to time as they need it, until at last 

 they occupy pots holding gallons. The pots 

 must at no time be allowed to get so full of roots 

 as to check the growth of the plants : there 



