Archive image from page 77 of Culture of the grape (1866). Culture of the grape cultureofgrape00stro Year: 1866 ( 68 CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. CUTTINGS IN THE OPEN AIR. This is the ancient method of propagation; the cuttings being called malleolus on account of their resemblance to a mallet. Pre- cisely this form is continued in use to the present day, and in France its use is quite general. Fig. 12 is a repre- sentation of this form. The head of the mallet, a, is a piece of the old cane, the wood being at least two years old. The shoot, 5, is the growth of the yq- vious season. It is not true th
Archive image from page 77 of Culture of the grape (1866). Culture of the grape cultureofgrape00stro Year: 1866 ( 68 CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. CUTTINGS IN THE OPEN AIR. This is the ancient method of propagation; the cuttings being called malleolus on account of their resemblance to a mallet. Pre- cisely this form is continued in use to the present day, and in France its use is quite general. Fig. 12 is a repre- sentation of this form. The head of the mallet, a, is a piece of the old cane, the wood being at least two years old. The shoot, 5, is the growth of the yq- vious season. It is not true that roots are more easily developed from the old wood than from the new. It is also obvious that but a very limited number of cuttings can be obtained from a single vine, and none at all except by cutting back the fruiting cane. It is true, however, that some varieties will root more readily in this way than by simple cut- tings. The reason is probably twofold: 1st, The old vv'ood being hard, the young wood is preserved in a more Fig. 12.
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