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PXOP.-1GA TIOA;’ LiY MEANS OF CUTTIXGS 8?
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Soil somewhat warmer thau the air is essential to the best
s~ic’w‘ss with cut tirigs. Bottom or root growth should precede
top growth, and this is aided by bottom heat. This heat may
be two or thnv dcgrces, or three or four t.imes that much,
highthr than the tcq.keraturt~ of the atmosphere.
In outdoor work, this heat is supplied by the natural warmth
of the soil iI? spring at~d summer, and it is often intensified by
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Flti. s+. Nurserynwl’Y frmes ill 2 yard. prcltcctccl 1,s tnuvlir~ canopies.
bur,&g hard-wooded cuttings bottom cud up for a time before
planting them , altllough there may be other reasons and benefits
in the inversiotl of cuttiugs. This inverting of cuttings is
often ptxctktv1 with grapq particula’rly with t,he Delaware
an(l otlww that root jvith some difficulty. The cuttings are
tkd in bunclles and truritad iu a sandy place, with the tops down,
the butts t)ciug covt~red 2 or 3 inches with sand. The)
no)- btr put in this position iii autumii and allowed to remail1
until the ground bt~gius to freeze hard, or the)- may be buried
ii-1 spring aucl allowed to remain until May or June and then