Daily globe., 1883-06-17
PLAYTs EROM CUTTINGS.

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
a callous with the descending cells that
would have gone to extend and enlarge
the roots of the other vine.
Now. instead of abruptly dividing
the cane or shoot to be used as cut
ting, if system of ringing or strangula-
ton is followed, every bud may be
made to produce plant, with scarcely
ar exception. This strangulation or
ringing is performed on soft OF 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 growth of one-half
inch OF 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 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 goosebercies
taken in August and September may be
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. lat
! all the advantages of 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 an inch or more
below the bud, and finishing one-ei~hth
of an inch or more above the bud We
find new and very profitable use for
propagating Delaware, Cynthiana, Nor-
tons Virginia, and other hard-wooded
vines by grating. Roots are thrown
ont from these long single eye-bpds
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 VIII make
q strong two-year old the following sea-
| son. The lower tier of roots, with the
piece of stump of cutting, is used rs a
stock, and grated with any Of the va
rieties difficult to propagate There is
no fear of mixture or 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
rlnites with the scion. n.-Colman'S
World.