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FRUIT GARDEN COMPANION. 



is, by first propagating the Black Hamburgh or 

 White Sweetwater, from cuttings taken from a heal- 

 thy vine, as near as possible to the root. The cut- 

 tings, I recommend to be of the last year's wood, 

 and that which is hard and short-jointed ; put the 

 cuttings into a rich soil, in an open, exposed situation, 

 where they may have the free access of sun and air 

 and the changes of the season ; the plants should be 

 distinct by themselves so that nothing may retard 

 their strong and healthy growth. Every facility 

 should be given to encourage their growth, and any 

 insect or disease that attacks them, if possible, be 

 expelled. One shoot only should be allowed to 

 grow from the cutting, trained to a stick, and not 

 be allowed to lay on the ground, as it will be liable 

 to be infected with mildew or other disease, 



From the young wood of the vine, next to the old 

 wood, the following spring, take another cutting from 

 each plant of three or four eyes, which strike and 

 manage as before recommended, throwing away the 

 mother plant which will be useless in this process. 



The same process may be continued for ten or 

 fifteen years, w r hen it is very probable the vines from 

 the plants of that generation will be much natural- 

 ized and less subject to the disease natural to the cli- 

 mate. 



Another process may be tried by grafting the for- 

 eign grape upon the native varieties taken from 

 woods, by cleft-grafting, which should be done close 

 to the ground. The young shoots from the graft 

 may be managed as directed for the cuttings ; and a 

 new plant grafted yearly from the part next to the 

 stock, on a fresh plant of the native vine. 



In throwing out the above hints, I cannot pretend 



