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In the nursery lines the cuttings can be put in at a distance of 
6 to 10 inches, with an interval of 18 to 24 inches between the rows. 
The plants should be lifted up with much care so as to injure the 
tender roots as little as possible, and these should be carried to the 
field either wrapped up in a wet bag and put in a basket or placed 
in a bucket of water. ek 
A. Strong vine from short cutting, showing vigorous root sys- 
tem, growing from the same joint. B. Weaker vine from long 
cutting showing disposition of roots.—(Foez.) 
The holes having been previously dug, the bruised roots are 
trimmed with a sharp knife or a secateur, and the rooted vines 
planted in the way fruit trees are generally set; all shoots but one 
are then cut off, and on this two good buds alone are left. 
Unlike cuttings which are planted very early in the spring, 
rooted vines may be put in the ground at any time in the winter; 
they then establish themselves and take a good hold in the ground, 
and make a vigorous growth as soon as the spring sets in. 
Sandy loams do not show a tendency to erack in dry and hot 
weather; but in heavy soils the ground, contracting in the summer, 
very often leaves an open space round the cutting, especially if it 
bas been put in vertically, without having been slightly bent. In 
that case, and unless some sand can conveniently be put round the 
cutting, the hole should be well trampled down, up to about two- 
