PREPARING CUTTINGS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 243, 16 March 1880, Page 2

PREPARING CUTTINGS.

Before cold weather comes on, cuttings of goosehorry, currant, grape,, vine —in fact, an) thing that will grow from cuttings—should b« prepared for spring. In the ease of vine make them of short j>:nted wocd, ti.rco eves long. All others m: ybe cut to a uniform length of about eight inches Tie theni in neat bundles of 25 to 50, - not tightly, placing the luttsall one v. ay. Stand them on their bottoms in «i row and cover with earth throwing it ,- on them untill a sharp ridge is- forni«t ! T T us they may stand until planting time in the spring, when they may b& placed in nursery rows, ■ he cuttings Bix inches apart in the row and kept clean'. At the end of one or at most two year*, they will be ready for transplanting where they are finally to stand. Thus prepared, wo have had tbem nicely calloused by spring, and in Seme instances roots were ready to be formed.

In planting, the operator must he governed by the nature of the shoot. Grape cuttings s'muld be sat-«o that only one eye is above the ground. Set other cutting* so that two eyes will appear above the ground. In planting it is absolutely necessary that the earth should be quite firm above the lower part of the cutting.