82 FRUIT CULTURE UNDER GLASS. 



of the vinery. These temporary sets of vines can be 

 grown the first year and fruited the second without any 

 detriment to the permanent vines, and when the tem- 

 porary vines have fruited one or two years they can be 

 removed. I refer to the quotation at p. 76 for the 

 manner of planting spring-struck vines prepared on the 

 Tweed Vineyard principle, and which, as will there be 

 seen, is as simple as planting a strawberry plant — the 

 aim of the whole of the excellent method of root- 

 pruning and planting there described being to get the 

 vines to start into growth from the very stem of the 

 vine with a great quantity of fibry, instead of a few 

 strong fleshy, roots. When this method of root-pruning 

 and growing the young vines without their ever being 

 potted cannot be adopted, they should be grown in 

 flat shallow trays, and the vines planted before the 

 roots get cramped and begin to twist and coD. Vines 

 may be planted quite well when 1 foot high. I once 

 planted a quantity when about 8 inches high, and 

 put a bell-glass over them for two or three days, 

 because the roots had been disentangled and laid care- 

 fully out ; but there can be no doubt about the supe- 

 riority of the root-pruning and non-potting system. 

 When planted in outside borders, place some dry litter 

 over the roots, removing it on sunny days, but putting 

 it on at nights to retain heat. 



TREATMENT THE SEASON THEY ARE PLANTED. 



Under this heading I begin by stating that I consider 

 the point to be aimed at is the largest possible amount 

 of well-ripened wood and roots. On the attainment of 

 this depends to a very great extent the production of 



