MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT TREES, &e; 119 



a fide, as the layers generally have, when this method is fol- 

 lowed, larger roots below than in the pots.) The layers fhould 

 then be cut, leaving two or three ftrong eyes upon each. 



When the (hoots begin to run, they lhould be tied to long^ 

 flakes, to prevent their being broken by the wind. All the 

 runners and fide-fhoots are to be picked off, leaving only two* 

 or three fine ftrong fhoots on each plant, which fhould be 

 trained at full length during the Summer. 



After the fhoots are laid, it will be neceffary to mulch them 

 with good rotten dung, or rotten leaves, which will keep the 

 mould moift ; and in very dry Summers, fuch as the laft 

 (1800), it will be neceffary to give them a good watering 

 once or twice a week : this will wafh in the dung or leaves 

 about the roots, and caufe the layers to fhoot more vigp- 

 roufly. 



By this method of laying, you may have two or three rows 

 of layers from one wall ; taking care to lay the branches al- 

 ternately, and to keep the pots plunged about two inches be- 

 low the level of the ground. 



In choofing Vines from the nurfery, I would recommend 

 thofe which have the ftrongeft and longeft fhoots. 



If the foregoing directions are properly attended to, the 

 plants will be well rooted in the pots before Autumn, and 

 fit for planting in vineries, hot-houfes, &c. 



When any are to be planted out, they lhould be carefully 

 cut off from the mother Vine and carried in the pots to 

 where they are intended to be planted ; taking care to p re- 

 fer ve the ball as much as poffible when they are turned out 

 of the pots. 



If the feafon be warm and fine, the Grapes of early kinds 

 ripen very well on thefe layers before they are taken up ; and, 



if 



