. The cultivation of the native grape, and manufacture of American wines. Viticulture; Wine and wine making. 70 CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. surface-soil from the woods. This will serve to replenish the soil which may have been washed oif and is much more beneficial than stable manure. When the latter is applied, a small trench should be dug just above the vine, the manure laid in, and covered with soil. But an abundance of fresh soil, drawn up well around the vine, is certainly the best of all manures. Where a vine has failed to grow the first season, repliant with extra strong vines, as they will f
. The cultivation of the native grape, and manufacture of American wines. Viticulture; Wine and wine making. 70 CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. surface-soil from the woods. This will serve to replenish the soil which may have been washed oif and is much more beneficial than stable manure. When the latter is applied, a small trench should be dug just above the vine, the manure laid in, and covered with soil. But an abundance of fresh soil, drawn up well around the vine, is certainly the best of all manures. Where a vine has failed to grow the first season, repliant with extra strong vines, as they will find it difficult to catch up with the others; or the vacancy can be filled. Fig. 13. up the next season, b}" a layer from a neighboring vine, made in the following manner : Dig a trench from the vine to the empty jilace, about eight to ten inches deep, and bend into it one of the canes of the vine, left to gr-ow unchecked for that purpose, and pruned to the proper length. Let the end of it come out to the surface of the ground with one or tv»^o eyes above it, at the place where the vine is to be, and fill up with good, well pulverized earth. It will strike roots at almost every joint, and grow rapidly, but, as it takes a good deal. 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 Husmann, George, 1827-1902. New York, Geo. E. & F. W. Woodward
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