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that manure contain marsh hay, so much the better—applied as far as the 
roots probably extend. When the vines are large and marsh hay can be 
procured it may be used at the time of pruning for covering the vine three 
or four inches deep and putting enough earth around the base to hold the 
hay in position. 
Spring Treatment .—Do not disturb the vines from their winter bed before 
the 16th of May; then remove carefully the covering and return two-thirds 
of the mulch of straw and hay leaving it on until about the first of June, 
always removing it in a cloudy day or late in the afternoon. 
Protection should always be given by timber or evergreens, from the south¬ 
west winds which prevail in early summer. 
