. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 957. Moore Early. 958. Massasoit. which may be kept over winter and germinated : GRAPE be» be greater. Seeds produce new varieties, and they are used ouly in an experimental way. The commercial propagation of Grapes is dune by means of hardwood cuttings. These cuttings are taken in the winter from the trimmings
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 957. Moore Early. 958. Massasoit. which may be kept over winter and germinated : GRAPE be» be greater. Seeds produce new varieties, and they are used ouly in an experimental way. The commercial propagation of Grapes is dune by means of hardwood cuttings. These cuttings are taken in the winter from the trimmings of vineyards. In all ordinary cases they are made of two or three buds' length, preferably three (Fig. 963). They are cut as soon as the canes are trimmed, tied in small bundles, and these bundles are then buried half their depth in damp sand in a cool cellar. By spring the cuttings will be more or less c^llused. The cuttings are planted in the open on the approach of warm weather. A loose, loamy soil is selected, and it is well and deepl}' pre- pared. The cuttings are inserted until only the upper bud stands at the surface of the ground. These cut- tings are placed G to 8 inches apart in rows, and the rows are far enough apart to allow of horse ctiltivation. These cuttings may give plants large enough for sale the following fall; but it is usually preferred to let the plants grow two years before they are put upon the market. In such cases it is customary, in many of the best nurseries, to transplant at the end of the tirst sea- son. When wood :". to single eyes. In this case about an inch of wood is left on either side of the bud. Single-eye cuttings are nearly always started under glass, preferably on the greenhouse bench. If they are started m February, they will be large enough for transplanting m a well-prepared seed bed very eiilv in the spiing. Green wood cuttings are snm. t,nn s ns. d m the summer time with new and rai' \ 11 , ^ are not in general favor. In Cili
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