. Cranberry culture. Cranberries. PLANTING THE VINES. 55 sand over muck. This is accomplished by first marking out the ground, fourteen inches apart, with a small sled, having three runners ; the vines are then dropped on these marks, about two in a place, and fourteen inches a])art, and pressed into the ground w^ith a spade-like tool, placed on the vines about one-fourth the distance from root to top. We have used a forked stick for the same purpose; but the blade is an improvement, it being more easily foiced into the soil, and when removed, it leaves no hole around the plants to dry their r
. Cranberry culture. Cranberries. PLANTING THE VINES. 55 sand over muck. This is accomplished by first marking out the ground, fourteen inches apart, with a small sled, having three runners ; the vines are then dropped on these marks, about two in a place, and fourteen inches a])art, and pressed into the ground w^ith a spade-like tool, placed on the vines about one-fourth the distance from root to top. We have used a forked stick for the same purpose; but the blade is an improvement, it being more easily foiced into the soil, and when removed, it leaves no hole around the plants to dry their roots. It is important that the vines should be pressed in at an inclination, thus. Fii;-. '^4.—PLANTi\(; i>v i'iM;ssri;i::. bringing the tops near the ground, and causing them to sucker up better than when pressed down perpendicularly, for the reason previously given in drill planting. Figure 24 shows this manner of planting. The roots of the vines should be brought into close ]>roximity with the muck below", that they may be stimulated to grow more rapidly. Women may be allowed to drop vines in this way, but they should never be chosen for pressing them into the ground. As a leaning posture is required, their skirts have a tendency to drag the vines out of place and waste them. Covering the a ines with sand was tried, a few years since, by Theodce Budd, an enterprising cranbeiry. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original White, Joseph J. New York, Judd
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