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half or more of the entire stock is already rotten it must be 

 grubbed up altogether, a fresh pit being dug, filled with 

 fresh soil, and planted with a new set in place of the old 

 stock. 



In cutting diseased but still suitable stocks two inter- 

 hodes are left on each stem, or three on the strongest if the 

 stock is deep enough in the ground. The total number of 

 eyes left should amount to eight or twelve, because under 

 the circumstances any checking of the sap must be avoided 

 as far as possible. Then, if the old stock should die off, these 

 stems will form the basis for a new one ; for which reason 

 this very long cut is known as the rejuvenating or stimulating 

 cut. 



Small decayed stumps on the rootstocks, remains of dead 

 shoots, nmst not be regarded as indicating unsoundness, but 

 should be removed in trimming the stock. 



(v) Gardens suffering from age and a diminution of 

 <5ropping power may be rejuvenated, if the stocks are set 

 ■comparatively deep in the ground, by means of the long cut, 

 "which, when assisted by heavy manuring, will ensure them 

 a new lease of fertility. If, however, as the result of repeated 

 cutting in this manner, the stocks are very close to the 

 surface, the long cut will have little effect, especially if the 

 soil is poor. 



In performing the rejuvenating cut in old gardens two to 

 three internodes are left on the stems, care being taken that 

 the tops of the latter are all on about the same level — 2 or 

 24 inches below the surface. The number of the internodes 

 on each stem will depend on this condition, the number of 

 eyes being, under these circumstances, a less decisive factor. 

 (vi) If, in a young hop garden, it is found, after two or 

 three years, that the stocks are too deep in the ground — in 

 consequence either of an error in planting or of the ground 

 in the holes having sunk— so that the shoots are late in 



