Archive image from page 184 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . 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 cyclopediaofame02bail Year: 1906 957. Moore Early. 958. Massasoit. be greater. Seeds produce new used only in an experimental way The commercial propagation of Grapes is done by means of hardwood cuttings. These cuttings are taken in the winter from the
Archive image from page 184 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . 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 cyclopediaofame02bail Year: 1906 957. Moore Early. 958. Massasoit. be greater. Seeds produce new used only in an experimental way The commercial propagation of Grapes is done 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 callused. The cuttings are planted in the open on the approach of warm weather. A loose, loamy soil is selected, and it is well and deeply pre- pared. The cuttings are inserted until only the upper bud stands at the surface of the ground. These cut- tings are placed 6 to 8 inches apart in rows, and the rows are far enough apart to allow of horse cultivation. These cuttings may give plants large enough for sale the following fall; but it is pnf. to the plants grow two years before tin y nrr jiiit ii] tin- market. In such cases it is cn-toiiKir\. in ihkhn .-f tin- best nurseries, to transplant nt tli, , ii,i ,if lirst m m- nearly always start. .1 greenhouse bench. It i will be large enough seed-bed very early in tl are sometimes used in 1 rare varieties, but they California, rooted vines in soil in which cuttin; planted directly the gs are n the .-I-,,, .in a well-prepared I ai-cu ivuod cuttings summer time with new and e not in general favor. In one year are preferred; and root readily, they are some- eyard'. which may be k
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