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for another graft. The only diflference between this and the pre- 

 ceding is that the cion is made very long. One side near the top is 

 cut in the form of a wedge which fits snugly into the V-shaped cut 

 in the side of the stock. The lower part of the cion projects down- 

 ward and outward for ten or fifteen inches This lower portion also 

 takes root and under favorable circumstances an enormous growth 

 can be made the first year. One plant in the vineyard of J. W. 

 Corbett, near Watkius, N.Y., upon which a Niagara cion had been 

 inserted in this manner, made a total growth the first season of 



7. llie first season's grozut/i of a cutting graft. 



fully seventy-five feet (Fig. 7) and the next year it bore about fifty 

 clusters of grapes. The stock was Red Wyoming, six years old. 

 Figure 8 shows such a union one year from grafting. This is a 

 more certain form of graft than No. 3, and although more tedious 

 is still to be recommended as one of the safest methods. The 

 cion is the portion running down the left side of the picture. 



