SECURING THE PLANTS 



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to secure his plants from the nurseryman who is a speciahst, 

 and who probably will produce better plants on the average 

 than the grower. Use 

 well-rooted one-year 

 plants (Fig. 198). 



On arrival of the 

 plants from a nursery 

 open the bundles and 

 heel them in carefully 

 until ready to set in the 

 field. 



8. Setting the Plants. 



Grapes should be set on 

 tilled land, preferably 

 that which has grown a 

 cultivated crop the year 

 previous to planting so 

 that grass and weed Fig. 198. A good one-year vine. It 

 growth has been de- should be pruned at a-b when planted, 

 stroyed in large measure. 



The land should be plowed and worked deeply so that hand 

 labor in setting may be reduced to a minimum. 



Procedure: 



(a) Determining arrangement of the rows. 

 (6) Marking out rows, 

 (c) Setting the plants. 



(a) Determining Arrangement of the Rows. Run the 

 rows north and south if the dimensions of the field permit, to 

 distribute the sunshine to both sides. If prevailing winds 

 are strong, it is best to avoid running the rows at right angles 

 to them, since much damage may be done to young shoots and 

 fruit-bearing canes. However, greater damage usually comes 

 from sharp squalls in connection with sudden storms than from 

 steady breezes from a certain quarter. 



