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is safc~. Some growers obtain the same results by burying upside
down in ;I 41x. Thr~ slow-rooting sorts often start well if they
are sinrpl). k(q)1 in a warm cellar - 1 Ilit. where the lmds will not
swrbll - 2111 \viiitcli*, ;IS the callusing is then hastened. At. the end
of tllca first SC;~SOII t,hc plants may be transplanted. The plants
are often sol~l at tllis agsc, I)ut buyers usually prefer two-year-old
plai1ts.
Singlib l)utl or “ I~~J~~I ” cuttings are largely used for the newer
and rarer v;trietic3. ‘l’hese are cut from the canes in the fall, the
same as long cuttings, and are stored in 1~0~s of sand or moss. A
month l~l’or~: thtb wc~uther bclcomes settled, these boxes may be
talw11 r’i1to il tl0u-w or greenhouse, or put in a mild hotbed, to induce
thtl torination of the c:alIus. Thcby may then be planted outdoors,
and :L fair prq~ortion of most varieties may be expected to grow.
‘I’llcb liWt iiil(l wi~ill~ont~st wily of handling eyes, however, is t0 start
tlit’in nnclf*r gluts;. ‘l’l~y are planttxl horizontally, or nearly so,
and iLl~0llt~ an iiicli tl~cp in sand or sandy earth, in a cool greenhouse
in late winter - in February in thcl nort,hern states - and in
about six WCW~;S tfltb plants will be large enough to pot off or to
trnnspl:int into (~ol(lfrmit~s or it coolhouse. If only a few plants are
to 1~ ~~O~VII, tllcb~. n1;1y by started in pots. When the weather is
thorouglll~- stkttlcvl, t hcby arc transferred to nursery rows, and by
fall tlltly will iili~k~~ Sttrollg plants. Various ways are recommended
for the cutting of thtbsc tbyt~~ - as cutting the ends obliquely up or
down, sha\*ing oti’ t llc> bark below thfb bud, and so on - but the
advantages of tlIr3tb fil,SllionS art’ imaginary. A good eye--.zutting
is shown in I:&. 11:;. The foreign grapt”s arc‘ propagated by eyes in
the Korth, i~ltllou~ll long cuttings also give good results.
Soft cuttings iki’t’ sonletimcs used to multiply new kinds. These
rn;q by takcsn in snnlmer from the growing canes, but the plants are
usually forced in winter for thcb purpose of giving the extra wood.
C’nttings art’ tttk(>n off as fast as buds form, and they are forced in
Pl05;c framw wit11 ii gOot1 l>Ott0111 heat. The cuttings may comprise
two buds, with thrh Laf at thtl nppor bud remaining, or they may bear
bnt, a single tlJF(‘, in \vllich case the lcaf, or the most of it, is left on.
This mpicl rllllltii)lir.atiol1 t’~~m smaI1 soft wood usually gives poor
plu:1t5 ; l)rll strong plal’ts may lw obtained by allowing the wood to
bccolilrh ~~~~11 l~;~rclc~~wct bcforch it is used. Soft cuttings will root in
two or thrr>cb wcc~lis under good treatment.
To securt’ t’xtra strong plants from single buds, the eyes may be
saddle-grafted or whip-grztfted on a root 2 or 3 inches long. The