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THE PROPAGATION AND MULTIPLICATION OF VINES, 

 AND HOW TO PLANT THEM. 



We have now presented to the reader various mat- 

 ters, such as location and preparation of the ground, 

 and we are now ready to actually start the vineyard. 

 How to do this, whether with cuttings or slips, or with 

 roots, or from the seed, are questions which sometimes 

 perplex speculative minds. 



No plant, that I can now think of, is capable of so 

 varied means of propagation as the grapevine. A 

 grapevine can be propagated from the seed, from cut- 

 tings, by "layers," and by inoculation and grafting. 



It is right and proper that those who have the means, 

 should experiment by raising vines from the seed, as 

 thereby we will get a greater variety of grapevines, 

 and such as will be permanently suitable to each re- 

 spective locality ; but it is not advisable, for any one 

 desirous to set out a vineyard, to attempt to get his 

 vines from the seed, because it will take from five to 

 ten years thus to get bearing vines, and because it is 

 next to impossible to get anything like regular rows by 

 such a method. 



A very easy and advantageous multiplication of 

 vines may also be obtained by laying down, or sinking, 



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