Morris tribune., 1883-05-12
PLANTS FROM CUTTINGS.
Mr.. j. Jenkins, in an address before
tbo Nurcervmon,s Ascociotion said.

Mr.. j. Jenkins, in an address before
the Nurserymen's Association, said:
Most varieties of grape vines, cur
rants, gooseberries, roses and much OF
the shubbery supplied by nurserymen,
grow readily and are grown from out
door cuttings. Whether of trees or
vines, indoor or outdoor propagation,
the operation of nature in the growth
of the cutting is the same. The bud
holds within its brown envelope the
principle of life, which extends through
the cells that have carried the circula-
ton, extended the growth and estab-
lished the bud. After the cutting is
divided, natures first effort is to form
callous with the descending cells that
would have gone to extend and enlarge
the roots of the other vine.
h Now. instead of abruptly dividing
the cane or shoot to be used as q cut
ting, if a system of ringing or strangula-
ton is followed, every bud may be
made to produce a plant, with scarcely
an exception. This strangulation or
ringing is performed ON soft or green
wood by simply tying thread tightly
around the point where the slip or
cutting is to be separated, and on hard
wood by ring Of copper or other wire
drawn closely. This will cause an en-
largement and a disposition of cambium
at the point of arrest and make the
growth thus prepared, when finally
separated and planted, almost as certain
as though they already had roots.
One very successful experiment with
outdoor cuttings of the grape was per-
formed by allowing the canes to re-
main on the mother vines until the
buds had started a growth of one-half
inch Or more and the leaves had begun
to unfold. Every eye was separated,
the old wood placed entirely below the
soil, the new growth just appearing
above the ground, shaded carefully,
with a result of fully so per cent. of
vine.
In the usual manner of preparing
cuttings, greater success follows when
the cuttings are taken off Immediately
on the fall of the leaf, before freezing,
when they should Immediately be
packed away in moss or soil until time
for planting in spring.
Cuttings of currants and gooseberries
taken in August and September may he
Immediately planted, covered with a
heavy mulch of straw to carry them
through the winter
Grape cuttings for outdoor plant
| ings may be made with single eyes, but
all the advantages of a two-bud cutting
may be retained by simply cutting
across the mode with sharp knife, or
with shears, commencing to cut oppo-
site and one-eighth of all inch or more
below the bud, and finishing one-eighth
of an inch or more above the bud. We
find new and very profitable use for
propagating Delaware, Cynthiana, Nor.
toms Virgins, and other hard-wooded
vines by grating. Roots are thrown
out from these long single eye-buds
through the cut surface below, while
another tier of roots starts Immediately
below the bud. Above this upper tier
of roots the vine is separated and plant
ed on good ground, where it will make
a strong two-year old the following sea-
son. The lower tier of roots, with the
piece of stump of cutting, is used as a
stock, and grated with any of the va
rieties difficult to propagate. There is
no fear of mixture OF mistake from the
growth of the stock, as it contains no
buds, and, as no sprouts start from the
stock, it the more readily and certainly
unites with the scion. -Colma1a's
| TVorld.