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THE NURSERY-LIST 323
In vineyards, layering is often employed for the purpose of
fill mg vacancies. .A strong cane is left, without pruning, on a
neighborin, (r \-ine in the same row, and in the spring the end of it is
laid down in tl~ L’Want place. The vine is covered about a half
foot deep, and the free end of it is turned up perpendicularly out of
the earth and tied to a stake. I3y fall or the following spring the
layer should be suflicirntly rooted to allow the parent cane to be
cut away.
Grern-layering is sornctimes practiced on new and scarce
varieticbs, Ijut strong plants are not obtained unless they are well
I~~lled by- forctbful culture aft,er they are separated. The growing
(211x is la>.ered in midsummer, usually by serpentine layering.
C’llttings are usually employed by nurserymen to propagate the
gral,t’. Thc~ arc of many fashions. In all ordinary eases hardnwn(l
cuttings arc ma&~ from the ripened ‘canes in autumn or
winkr whchn the vines are pruned. It is advisable to ta.ke the
cuttings before the canes have been exposed to great cold. Choose
only those wws that are well matured, solid and rather shortjointed.
In common practice, the cuttings are made in two-bud
ltingths, tlltb Lowe cut. Ix+ng close to the bud. The cuttings will
range from tj to 10 inches in length. Some prefer three-bud
cuttings [Fig. w), but unless the cane is very short-jointed,
such cnttings arc too long to be planted and handled economically.
Thrt~c4rtcl cuttings usually. give stronger plants the first
season, l~cau~ roots start. from both joints as a rule.
\‘ery strong plants are obtaineb(l from mallet cutt.ings (Fig. loo),
but as only ant- ~1~211 cutting c’an be mutlt~ from a cane, unless tht:
cane bcaars vcnr?- strong ljranches, they ;~re not much used. Various
methu(l5 of petbling, slitting and slicin, (r cuttings are recommended,
in ordtbr to estencl thy callusing process, but they are not used in
c’ommun or cxmim~~rcL1 practice.
Grape cllttings arc, tied in bundlrs of 50 or 100, and stored in
sand, moss or xtw(lust. in a cellar, until spring, when they are
planted in rows in the open. borne varieties, of which the Delaware
is an t~~~nple, rlo not. strike readily from cuttings. Some
growers start c’on~mon cuttings of these under glass in spring.
Others brq~. tilt* t)uncllr3 of cuttings in a warm exposure in autumn,
with the butt entl-; up and about level with the surface of the ground.
This is s~1pposc~1 to induce callusing. (See page 87.) At the
approach of colt1 weatller tile cuttings are removed to a cellar, or
are ilt~avii~~ ~d&d and allowed to remain where buried. Storing