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The scions can be kept well, in clean damp sand, 

 or in moss a little damp, or the end stuck in a 

 potato. 



MANURING AND CULTURE. 



When the young vineyard is planted, some other 

 crop, if not too eihaasting, can, during the first year, 

 be rlised between the ,i„es, withont materiall^ur; 



to them, and some continue the practice even 

 longer; but when the vines commence bearing, no 

 other crop should be taken from the land, as less 

 would be fi^ained than lost, in their future OTOwth. 

 Grass and weeds should be exterminated, and 

 mulching, or covering the ground with leaves or 

 other litter, especially during the hot months, has 

 an excellent effect in preserving an equal degree of 

 moisture and heat, and in keeping down weeds or 

 grass. Some manure their vines every third year, 

 by trenching to the depth and width of a spade, 

 and throwing in two or three inches of well rotted 

 manure. Others spread the manure on the surface 

 and plow it under, while others scatter it on the 

 surface and dig it under with the hoe. 



Mr. Corneau, a successful cultivator, says, that 

 high manuring accelerates a larger growth of wood, 

 and a more attractive looking fruit, while the more 

 essential qualities of the grape for wine^ are very 

 much deteriorated. Mr. Spooner remarks, that 

 "although the vine will flourish on poor dry and 

 sandy soils, yet after a few years it exhausts the 

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