. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 400 THE GRAPE. depression with the spade, bend a shoot into this hole and cover it with a few inches of earth, as shown in the following figure (Fig. 543). The surface of the ground must then be kept clean and mellow for the purpose of preserving moisture in the soil; and should the season be a very dry one, the sur- face should be mulched—that is, covered with a few inches of fine grass or short straw. If the shoot is a strong and thrifty one, and gr
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 400 THE GRAPE. depression with the spade, bend a shoot into this hole and cover it with a few inches of earth, as shown in the following figure (Fig. 543). The surface of the ground must then be kept clean and mellow for the purpose of preserving moisture in the soil; and should the season be a very dry one, the sur- face should be mulched—that is, covered with a few inches of fine grass or short straw. If the shoot is a strong and thrifty one, and grows well at its extremity out of ground, every joint will emit a profusion of roots, before the end of autumn presenting the appearance shown in Fig. 543. The layer may then be taken up by cutting it close from the vine and short- ening-back its extremity, and then, by setting a spade far. 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 Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd
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