Iry 1
ther
/ f roots, it’ will be necessary to shift them from the forty-eights to th® fl” rty-twos_ ^
S E i s l S S f S
pniiallv well rioened. Forward shoots, from vmes forced early, he considers as the most eligioie, ana
tSeie iiTl be found at th e most distant parts from the root as vines u s u ^ y hr®ak ^r^t at
3. The texture of the wood should be close, solid, and c om p a c t and the best Z Z Z S thl
flS h /o t™ oV h ig ?w itlf ? / h ? S knife^iboS"a ¥ a / t T / V | f inch above the eye; and,
the eye, cut off the wood horizontally, or right across, and smooth the seriion. In ®®?®
nurseries, Speechly’s mode of forming vine.cuttings is
close below the eye, and at 3 in. above i t ; others cut at equal distances from the J whera no
cutting in the soil, with the eye uppermost, which appears superior even to SpeecWy s “ ®J®’Y®?
bottom heat is given, as affording a greater supply of nourishment to the yonnf
air in the frame, pit, or house, can be kept much lower than that of the tan, dung, or other medium com-
^ of this mode of propagation may not at first
are Speecffify obseVves, “ many and important.” First, when a wall, or vuiery. is p la c e d wifo i^ e n o r
kinds of vinis, the usual method of stubbing them up and supplymg their places wfth ¿ t t e r
attended with much expense and loss of thne, as several years must elapse before th e wa 1 can ¿ c o m ^
pletely furnished with new v in es; but, by grafting, the nature offthe vmes may be ®banged wfthimt
I r loss of tim e ; for good grapes are generally p r q d u c e d ^ ^ ¥ n S
roots, th eym ay be procurea oy grauiiig umeieiu, r.iuuib v..„ ^— -• -
grow ng ih the hothouse at W ilbeck (in 1759), produced sixteen different sorts of g r a ^ s . the most
imp o rtln t advantage, Speechly considers to be, “ the improving the various ¿ n d s ¿ ¿ a p e s , and P^Ucu-
l i r l / the small kinds which generally make weak wood. By grafting a weak and dclicate-^owmg vine,
larly the and vigorous stock.as th e Syrian,it will produce w ^ l-^ z e d hmid-
irly . .
,.s tlie blue
some bunches,
.hes almost as large as those of the Hamburgh.” The Syrian vine, raised from seed, u gtyf£X
rreforableto all others for stocks. If the see d /e g en e rate to a kind of wildness, so much the g r c ^ ^w iU
them.be th e vigour of the plants, and the higher th e flavour of th e sorts grafted c.. At the pruning seais„ofno
select cuttings for grafts from the best bearing branches, in general preferring th e bq«qm part of last
year’s shoot! preserve them, by inserting them th ree parts of th eir le n ^ h m P®,Y’ ¿ 1 w ^ te d . The
L te „ „ for f e i n . stoves is the
beginning Jannavy;in th e / f i / / /
s those of most othei
t ; p i - . rt
season grafting in small stocks, not more than 1 in
.ginning of Janua ry;
diameter, cleft-grafting will 1
rpr storks whin-craftinE is to be preferred.’ As vine-grafts do not take so freely; as those qf most o ^ e r
fruits, the operation must be performed wfth th e greatest care. But th e most eligible ’^®e ®
vines is by awroach, in which case either the stock or scion must be growmg in a pot. Sfrp"? pY /v:
rivo years^ p /tted , are to be preferred for th e open a i r ; but, for a vinery or hothouse, plants from the
n u rsL ym a y b e potted, or shifted, if already in pots, and in ^ c h e d the same season. J P . '^ / i p
grafting, the clay may be taken off when th e scion has made shoots 5 m. or 6 in. long.; but bere both clay
and bandage should remain two or three months after th e graft has formed an union, lest th e grafted
.
wood, and
lg most successiui wneu me lowei p a i n n Llie oviuu Vrt. V..., .1.-
3 well covered with clay kept moist, or, if th e branch be on a horizontal treilis,
finds grafting successful when th e lower part of the scion consists o ftw o -y e a T -o ld
1 when the graft is clav trellis,with a"pot"oV sauce? placed under th e graft, and th e points of junction kept well covered with earth
saucer p i
itered. {
b 9 ? r a f t S S o s t as successfully as any other, tree if th e cuttings are taken off at
a growing shoot opposite the scion ; stop that shoot when the buds of the scion begin to burst. W hen
lese begin to make shoots there will be no danger of bleeding ; and th e shoot left opposite the scion
lay be then cut back. Indeed a scion may be inserted any where and almost any how alter tbe vine has
these
mai
ju broken into leaf.
4736. L in n é , o f P o tsd am , practises cleft grafting on th e vine, with complete success.
4737. G ra ftin g w ith both the scion a n d stock o fth e p r e s e n t y e a r 's g row th has heen found tq sucraed with
immon care. The best time to perform th e operation is when the shoots have attained the length of
t. The stock is cut as for common whip-grafting, within a short distance of last year s wood ,
■ " ta ta '-,. J " ' " ° “ « '■«ïulre to be filled up almost e f e v d ta
. „ l i f e I t ™ «■« "o o d o^f the cu rv e» f e r , or on the wood of th e last year, iu
-, a ..u w..«, t/t iruuucu
spring, with complete success.
4v.7u3r9t.,. u,uOT,..r»,c. J.MJ1 WIU tueunt euree ^oi tn e vine m thi deparment, see 5 3101,
concerns chiefly th e management of vines in the open air. what ---------
follows
4.7. 4.u0., *u,0..,o7,.. ,» i . c , . u c » v j.i L iin v e in any soil that has a <
grow .luxuriantly and produce abundance of large fruit
soils. It will produce less fruit, but of better flavour. The
tive, as «lose near Dijon ; and sometimes secondary, as t h o s / / t B?rdefux A
next m frequency, as near Nismes and Montpelier, and that which produc/s t i f /p v i / / r V ' ‘®
t a * “ ';“ ' ', t a ‘ ‘t ?<»; «>«.viue shouU be Ught, having a bottom of chalk or gravel
SnriTlES r jr mnnr,f hki 1-r.n Ivw*- j _ . t
certain /tne®s as no plam 'j h a t ^ e r « so co-naforal to the vine as this shrub. In chalkj
fo ! thto f e i T t a f "« to ‘"Iblt th a t any soUor 'situation can he too drv
k.ub IUI LUC luui U. Liie vine; pona-muü and moor-earth too cold. Stablevard dnnfr ;<
s i = r O T s g g a 3 g g = g
1 r- „
F « ^ S i p ® - i í 3 5 a ' ! S S S » j S S S S f é
wonSfedtag»ferifefera»^^^^ re““' «'““«te«:
4 1 S f e f e h t a f e f e r f e g f e f e S t t t a . a f e g f e f e f 7 r " ” 're re d (47.3,), and an addition
‘'T lm ré em p o ra /rpS s^w S f llerefoTe
f h V iX tV u rK ®f tbe wall, and th e permanent ones below ; ahd in fo/? o? five rears
r鮿n a state to cover the wall, when th e fbrmerjmay be rooted o’ut. W h e n /fo e s a r a S
Planted in th e intervals between other fruit trees, or on piers to be trained within a narrow upright ?p™e