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the sap starts. I have grafted in January, but those grafts did not do 

 very well. 



Mr. Baller. — Buds or cions will grow, even if the mother vine 

 does bleed ; yet it is better to graft at some time before bleeding com- 

 mences. I have succeeded in grafting the vine by keeping the cions in 

 a cool place, where they would not dry, and grafting when the parent 

 vine was nearly in full leaf. 



A Voice. — Do you graft above or below the surface ? 



Mr. Baller. — I have noticed no difference in the success, whether 

 the grafting was done above or below the surface. 



A Voice. — In grafting above ground do you cleft-graft or ring-graft ? 



Mr. Baller. — I would ring-graft. 



Dr. Schrceder. — When I have an old vine to graft I graft it above 

 the ground, for the vine may throw out suckers, and if the graft is set in 

 the ground you could hardly tell the grafted part from the suckers. 



But I don't think this talk about grafting grape-vines amounts to 

 much. We don't want to graft grapes, we can grow them so much 

 easier from cuttings or layers. Once in awhile we will want to bring a 

 new kind into bearing right away, and then we can graft it. 



The Secretary. — I practiced root-grafting grapes over twenty 

 years ago. The grafting was done in winter, the same as root-grafting 

 the apple, except that I took pains to use roots which had branches or 

 fibers — packing them away in earth after grafting, and in spring, when 

 planted, they would generally be well cicatrized, and perhaps two- 

 thirds of them made vines ; but, as Dr. Schrceder says, it don't pay to 

 graft grapes, except in some cases to increase the quantity of wood of a 

 new sort or bring it sooner into bearing. 



A. H. Gaston. — I would graft them in winter, using wild vines for 

 stocks, as they are free from phylloxera, and will give feeble growers a 

 vigorous growth. I have grafted as late as the tenth of June on strong 

 roots, and the grafts made a good growth. 



J. R. Gaston. — Would we not get stronger vines of some of the 

 more feeble-growing sorts by grafting them on the Concord ? 



A. H. Gaston. — Yes, they will grow much stronger. 



Question No. 3. — Will the Brighton grape have more value for the 

 vineyard or for family use than the Concord, its parent ? 



Dr. Schrceder. — I have seen the Brighton grape in bearing and 

 think I know something about it, but will not say anything in its praise. 

 I have said for many years that the Concord is the grape for the people, 

 and, as the people's friend, I say stick to the Concord. 



