Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1925-09-11 | Page 3 | Grapes are Propagated Readily from Cuttings

Grapes Are Propagated . Readily From Cuttings All varieties of bunch grapes, such as the Concord, Niagara and Delaware, are propagated readily from cuttings taken from the current season's growth, and placed in the open ground In early November. Make the cuttings about ten inches long and leave two or more buds to each cutting. The cuttings cut-tings may be taken from the vines while they are being pruned all of the young wood being saved and the cuttings made immediately, according to Prof. C. C. Newman, chief of the horticultural division at Clemson col-' lege. After the cuttings have been made place them in a well-prepared furrow In the garden or field and cover their full depth with soil, care being taken that the cuttings are placed In the soil at an angle of about forty-five degrees. Tf they are placed In an erect position, there Is great danger of them being lifted out of the ground by repeated free'zes ; but if placed in the soil as ln-dlcatel ln-dlcatel above there Is no possibility of the cuttings being lifted by freezing. One may expect from 75 to 95 per cent of the cuttings to root and produce plants large enough for transplanting one year after they are placed In the soil.