The Farm

One would suppose that so simple a hing as planting a grape-vine would not need writing about; and yet the number of people Inquiring, "How shall we plant?" is so great that a few words to these inquirers may be pardoned by those who think they already know enough about the matter, The rule is to plant the roots shallow. If hey are long when we have to trans)lant them, instead of setting them !eep we lay them along about four or iive inches beneath the surface. It s of course very necessary to press the soil very hard and firm over the roots; hat is if the earth is tolerably dry, hough in truth no vine should beplanted except the earth is in this condition. It is very useful in planting a grapevine to cat it closely in. Unleas the ast year's growth be very vigorous it caay be alniost all cut away; and even where this growth is strong, one-half may be cut away. This is the way to jet a good strong cane for bearing next rear, which is the most that one ought o expect a vine to do. "Immediate eariBg" is a delusion and a snare. Many a person spends a dollar or a half ollar extra on a vine whleh he is told by the seller will "bear this year," when for that amount of money he ould buy treble the quantity of grapes t will bear for him, even if it bears at ill Still, we like to plant good, strong, healthy grapes. The little crow-quills, which come oat as rare grapes at high mees, seldom give much satisfaction. ndeed, it is more than likely that the ommon failures which generally folow all these introductions are as much wing to the way their propagation is 'orced, as to any inherent inability in te varieties to become adapted to soils nd climatss.