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alternative that remains is to cut away the parts injured, 
and remove them immediately from the house, and insure 
the prevention of any contamination to those which are 
e : 
Dry Rot in the Roots. The upper indications of =’ 
are flaccidity, and deficiency of solidity, in- 
nied by a sickly yellowish — of the ikea weak 
growth of the branches and paucity of fruit ; a prolonged 
inerease of the malady will at at cause the vine to die, 
and that most commonly about the time when the berries 
are half grown. All this arises from the want of nourish- 
ment from the roots, which, if examined, will be found to 
be rotted, and often covered by a mouldiness or fun 
There is no doubt but the primitive cause of this affection 
is a check to constitutional vigor; and extremely close 
summer pruning has much to do with it, as it prevents 
she pes aay. ecualising its penny and ep cri 
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the vessels, which at last binge 6 on an enfeebled condition. 
When a vine becomes affected in this way the best plan 
is to take it out, renew the soil in the immediate vicinity, 
and afterwards plant another in the same place, for it is 
seldom that the diseased one does any more good. 
ro 
quire to be lifted, and the operation needs great care; so 
_ soon as the leaves fall, proceed to uncover them; trace. 
