VOL. I1.] Stock and Scion. III 
_ few months later several bunches of berries which in shape and size 
exactly resembled the Sultana, but which had a distinct and strong 
Muscatel flavor. Everything else about the vine, such as color and 
shape of leaves, size of branch, distance between the leaves, etc., 
was entirely characteristic of the Sultana. The following year the 
grafts began to regain their Muscatel characteristics, and the third 
_ year they had done so entirely, producing a good crop of Muscatel 
grapes. 
I had in the meantime inquired among the other grape-growers, 
and inspected a large number of lately grafted vines. The variety 
that had been mostly grafted were Zinfandel vines, and the grafts 
were uniformly those of Muscatel. I found that several parties 
had made observations similar to my own, and saw here and there 
young vines which partook of the characteristics of the stock and 
the graft. Muscatels grafted on Zinfandel resembled that variety as 
to leaves, branches, and shape and size of berry and bunch, but 
never as regards color of berry and aroma. The color was always 
green, and the aroma Muscatel-like. In one or two seasons later 
these grafts had all lost their Zinfandel characteristics and produced 
regular crops of Muscatel grapes. 
An explanation I believe is hardly necessary. The sap from the 
Zinfandel and Sultana roots respectively had during the first season 
so influenced the graft that it had partaken of most of the charac- 
teristics of the stocks. Only as the scions grew did they gain in 
strength, throw off the influence of the stock, and regain their 
characteristics as Muscatel grapes. 
It is needless to say that the reciprocal influence between stock 
and scion may bé taken advantage of in producing new varieties 
with valuable qualities. The hybrid grafts may either be propa- 
gated by themselves, if sufficiently valuable, or the fruit produced 
on them may be seeded and the new seedling watched for valuable 
characteristics. The frequency and facility with which grape scions 
partake of the characteristics of the stock is especially interesting, 
and should greatly facilitate the production of new varieties of 
greater economic value. I will here only point out the desirability 
of getting a hybrid between the ‘‘Muscatel’’? and the ‘*Malaga”’ 
grapes, and the possibility of producing it by sap hybridization. 
