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Alexrmdna. Grapes, for seed, should be permitted to remain on the plant till th e fru it Is perfectlv mature
very dark brown colour. They should be separated from the pufp, and p rS erved
till February or the beginnmg of March. They should then be sown in pots filled with light fresh monlH
and plunged m a moderately warm hotbed; they will come up in four or six we/lTs and
be transplanted singly, into forty-eights, and afterwards'into pots of
Jarger size. Water gently, as circumstances require, allow abundance of light and air and rarpfnllu
avoid injurmg any of the leaves. Cut down the plants every autumn Vo two / io d buds VnT ra ffi?
only one of these to exftend itself in the following spring. Shift into larger po s as / / c a s S reaffires rin
they have produced fruit. This, under good management will takP r,i-,£ iV taiL rfeTtfo V i i i ' *
t o f e h g t e d t o f e “ 're re«“ “ "« ««‘“ t e . o n i tho rest destroyed i r used as stoeks on which to graTo';
. ¿ t o ? ; f » ” » « t e some other .authors advise planting seedling vines tho second year of thcir growth
t a f e j g T n r e o 'f S f e r iS f l s V o f e f e r h 'r c h r e a f e t f e '» ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
hand, though the bunches and berries may not grow quite so Farge is a more eligibfe mode a? hoih fo l
be™f t e t t e i "''*1 produce fruit sooner, and that fruit will
4724_. Speechly says, it would not be prudent to furnish a wall, or anv part of a hothense wifo ?eed
LVl f ’*" state, or belore they have produced f ru it; for although the prospect of obtain
mg good kinds from seed saved m a hothouse, be more promising and certain than that of gettino- them
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S / i s r / t / r / e d in autumn, t L descend n?
(4761 1 K s / ; 3 i / d ! th ? f ismade, or a ring of bark taken offin Williams’s manim?
ripens th / raofo U J £ 1 '®.ng> ^ ripens sooner, and thedescending sap reposes in, and
fo easy to conceive m what way plants so raised can be inferior to those raised
47/fi th®u^i such an opinion was till lately general among gai d S ir s
4726. L a y a s tn the open a ir , according to Green, need not be ringed, pruned twisted tonened ent
r / n f fo" 4 1 ^b^nd'intly supplied with water. Jlake a layVr’ ii a pot, an /? im ^ befo??
ft n d £ l i ^ h early m the spring, it will makeno roots before the midSle of / u l i S u p /l?
it abundantly with water; se p p a te it from th e stool in th e last week in August; plant it ifo/iedhit/lv
remain, and it will make roots a yard long before winter sets in immediately
rtv.7 I ’ / - o p a g / 'o n by la y e rs. At the pruning season, leave a shoot of strong voune wood ov^r
and above what may be wanted tor training, of a sufficient length to bend down to a K ™ f e S ’n S
where a pot can be placed to receive it as a lay e r; and also for training it during fts gfowth WhVn
vine b e ^ n s to push, displace all the buds from the shoot intended for laving except the 'lMdin?
Y hen tfos is grown to about 8 in. or 1 ft. in length, bend it down to th ? p o r f n d foMt so t h S K f u
joint, whence the young wood has sprung, may be fixed with a strong crook at about 1 in unde? th /
suriace of the mould. As. soon as it begins to take root, which m a y L known by rem o v S g /u fttle of
the earth, begin to weaken its resources from th e mother plant, by making an incision in the w/od behind
th e p o t ; which enlarge b y d e p e e s as fast as th e y o u n g p l/n t w’ilfb e a r it,®unti ft fe™ffite separafo^^^^^
G o f e "?feire'd"fmfefet»r » X / / .
are from 1 ft. to 18 in. long, consisting of new or youngwood, with a ioint
? in /? £ d fo ®f th e preceding year. This is the sort recommended by Mille r; adopted in forming
r <• ¥ the Continent; and formerly afro di this country in planting walls or vineries Thev are
inserted so as to leave only two eyes above g ro u n d ; the earth is firmly pressed round the lower part, tq
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