The practical fruit grower . formis shown in the above figure, No. £4. These cuttings must berooted in sand and by the aid of artificial heat. They are madein the winter and put in beds or boxes of sand the cuttings beingone or two inches apart, and the boxes or bed having bottom heat;that is, with hot water or steam heat or fermenting stable manure,under them. The conditions under which they are most success-fully rooted are, a temperature of the soil or sand of fifty orsixty degrees and that of the atmosphere forty or forty-five de-grees. When well rooted, the cuttings are transplanted to bo
The practical fruit grower . formis shown in the above figure, No. £4. These cuttings must berooted in sand and by the aid of artificial heat. They are madein the winter and put in beds or boxes of sand the cuttings beingone or two inches apart, and the boxes or bed having bottom heat;that is, with hot water or steam heat or fermenting stable manure,under them. The conditions under which they are most success-fully rooted are, a temperature of the soil or sand of fifty orsixty degrees and that of the atmosphere forty or forty-five de-grees. When well rooted, the cuttings are transplanted to boxesof soil; or, if the danger of frost is past, to the open cuttings make better plants than those from long cuttings,if they are properly treated, as the roots all come out from nearlythe same point, very much like those of seedlings. Layers.—Layering the Grapes is done during the summer, whenit is called a summer layer, or in the Spring, when it is calleda spring layer. A summer layer consists of a shoot of. the present seasons growth, bent down early in July and cov-ered with six inches of moist soil. Before covering it is best to GRAFTING THE GRAPE. 71 cut off a thin layer of bark along the underside of the cane,which will facilitate the emission of roots. At the end of thesummer or the following spring, this cane is cut from the parentvine and will be found a well-rooted, strong plant. By the spring method, Fig. 55, as many plants may be pro-duced from one layer as there are buds upon the cane laid the layer is to be made, a trench is dug six or eight inchesdeep, in which is laid the cane of the last seasons growth, fixingit firmly in the bottom by the use of forked sticks or stones, asshown at a, Fig. 55. This remains uncovered nntii the budshave sent up about ten inches growth, when the soil is thrown in. It will often be found that the buds near the parent vine andthose at the end of the cane will grow first and more stronglythan those in the c
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