FEB.48 
THE BUBAL NEW-YORKER. 
PLANTING GRAPE CUTTINGS. 
Well, when I first tried I failed, but when 
I adopted the following plan I succeeded 
pretty well: It is too much to expect that 
every one will grow; better put in plenty if 
you have them. Ihe best time to cut them is 
as soon as the leaves fall, and that’s the time 
to prune your vine. How long to cut them or 
how many buds to leave on them, is a ques¬ 
tion. If the soil where I intended to plant 
them is not likely to suffer from drought, I 
should, as a rule, cut them to two buds, as 
that gives the best-shaped vines; but if the 
joints are very short, I should give a little 
more length, as they will be less likely to suf¬ 
fer from drought. If they are to be put for 
propagation iu dry, sandy land, I should cut 
them generally to three buds. The most, es¬ 
sential thing to success is a proper degree of 
moisture in the soil until the roots have grown 
a few inches; after that the vine will stand 
drought better than any other cultivated 
plant; in fact, in this latitude, the grape al¬ 
ways bears the richest and most abundant 
fruit and is the freest from disease in the hot¬ 
test and driest seasons. Abundant moisture 
may induce rapid growth of vine, but that is 
never very favorable to success in fruit. 
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HUE 
