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good soil, when during the suramer roots will form at 

 each node or bud, and in the fall we shall have as manj' 

 rooted plants as there are shoots. If, after the cane 

 has been bent down, only the buds at the end of the cane 

 and those near the vine start, it may be bent up, when 

 the buds at the highest point will grow. If any of 

 these new canes grow faster than the others the ends 

 should be pinched off so as to force the growth into the 

 weaker ones. 





Fig. 106— Layering the Qrapevlne 



Summer Layer — This consists in taking a cane 

 of the present season's growth and bending it down 

 into a trench in July, covering with five or six inches 

 of soil as in the spring layer, but only two vines will 

 be produced from each cane layered, i. e., that at the 

 end of the cane and that part nearest to the vine. By- 

 these two methods anyone who has a vine or two in 

 the garden may increase the number with much more 

 certainty and with less labor than from cuttings. 



