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CHAPTER Vin. 



PROPAGATION OF THE VINE. 



There is perhaps no plant which man has subjected to 

 cultivation, more easily propagated than the grape. Five 

 different methods can be pursued with success, but of 

 these, only one is in general use in out-door propagation, 



1. By Seed. — This method of propagation is used only 

 for the production of new varieties. It receives but little 

 attention, because of the uncertainty of its results. Of a 

 thousand plants, raised in this way, perhaps not one will 

 have any merits superior to those of its parent. Never- 

 theless, as this is the only way in which new varieties can 

 be obtained, every one who is interested in Grape Cul- . 

 ture, should give as much attention to it as circumstances 

 will pei-mit. There is already a large number of excel- 

 lent varieties, but it is not to be supposed that the highest 

 attainable perfectio* has as yet been reached. 



