10 CULTIVATION 



PROPAGATING BY I.AYBKS. 



Bend down a shoot from the vine, and cover it 

 with two or three inches of earth or inverted turf, 

 and pin it to its place by sticks put across it into 

 the ground, or lay a stone upon it, leaving two or 

 three buds on the end above the ground. It will 

 readily take root if not too dry, fnd can be cut 

 from t'he parent vine very early fn the spring, or in 

 the fallj and will sometimes bear fruit the next 

 summer. 



PROPAGATING FKOM THE ROOT. 



A healthy root will often produce grapes the first 

 season it is planted, if done with care; but more 

 sfenerally the second season. It should never be 

 permitted to ripen but few at first, as it would 

 injure its future productiveness and vigor. Some 

 are in favor of setting out their vines in the fall, 

 but mv own experience indicates spring as the 

 better time. The hole to receive the rools should 

 be made broad and deep, that they may have room 

 to ramble to a distance, as they will do, if the earth 

 is made mellow and mixed with proper ingredients. 

 Bones, old leather, street scrapings, old plaster and 

 bricks, turf compost, soap-suds, &c.j constitute the 

 best manure for vines. Fresh stable manure should 

 never be placed in contact with the roots, nor any 

 substance tending to ferment, or form an acid or 

 salt of a highly stimulating nature. 



Bones, are perhaps the best of all substances to 



