. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. THE VINE AND ITS PKIJIT. 235. the borders are ready in February, and tbe buds show signs of BweUiag, turn out tbe vine, soak the baU in tepid -water, wash away all the soil, and place it in position on the surface ; secure it at the base with a strong peg, and after cutting away aU damaged roots, cover lightly and give a little water at a temperature of 90". Place a neat stick to each vine for future use, as the young canes will have to be trained up to the trellis from the very lowest buds at the base, provided they are f uUy exposed to the influ
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. THE VINE AND ITS PKIJIT. 235. the borders are ready in February, and tbe buds show signs of BweUiag, turn out tbe vine, soak the baU in tepid -water, wash away all the soil, and place it in position on the surface ; secure it at the base with a strong peg, and after cutting away aU damaged roots, cover lightly and give a little water at a temperature of 90". Place a neat stick to each vine for future use, as the young canes will have to be trained up to the trellis from the very lowest buds at the base, provided they are f uUy exposed to the influence of light; but if they are likely to be shaded, then buds higher up the stem must be selected for making the new canes. After the vines are planted, the house should be kept at temperate, to give the buds time to swell and break strongly, and when those nearest the top are ready to come into leaf, rub them ofE, one or two at a time, gradu- ally working downwards until the two selected buds are reached. These must be carefully guarded and pro- tected- from accident, as, under good management, they will make two vigorous canes during the following season, quite capable of bearing fruit; but as they are intended to make per- manent vines, they will be cut down at next pruning time. Planting Syes of Current Year. ^^"Wben planting ^.^ young grow- ing vines from eyes of the current year, it is not necessary to break the balls, provided they can be carefully turned out of the pots and placed in the warm compost before the roots begin to coil round the insides. This, it is hardly necessary to say, can only be practised by those who have convenience for propagating their own vines, and where the fronts of the houses are placed upon piers or arches to admit of internal planting. Neither is it advisable to plant until the sun has . gained sufficient power to produce a genial day tem- perature, without having recourse to much fire-heat. If propagated in February, nice young vines
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