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Not only must better care be given to secure a good stand of 

 vines in a grafted vineyard but different care must be given the 

 same variety on different stocks. This will be true, very particu- 

 larly, of pruning, but the stock may have to be taken into consid- 

 eration in plowing, tilling, fertilizing and in treatment of phyllox- 

 era and fidia. It is true that the same treatment was given all of 

 the vines in this experiment but only because identical treatment 

 was a necessary condition of the experiment. 



Will it prove profitable to graft grapes in Neiu YorTcf — Because 

 of the many vicissitudes through which the vineyard has passed, it 

 would not be safe to answer this question unqualifiedly. But be- 

 yond doubt the experiment demonstrates the possibility of growing 

 grapes in this State on roots other than their o\\ai. It suggests 

 that it would be a safe stroke of business to graft some of the 

 choicely good grapes of the region on roots of any one of several 

 stocks with the expectation of getting larger crops and a better 

 product. From the behavior of the standard sorts in the experi- 

 ment, it is well within the range of probability that even the main- 

 crop grapes can be profitably grafted. A commercial plantation 

 of a few acres of Concords, Niagaras, Catawbas or Delawares 

 grafted on one of the three stocks used is well worth trying. The 

 establishment of a grafted vineyard should present no great diffi- 

 culties. The hard places have mostly been smoothed by the 

 French and Californians and their experiences, with those given 

 in this report, should be sufficient guide for any wide-awake grape- 

 grower. 



