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thorouo'hly harden and ripen it. Tlie shoots themselves are to be left to grow undis- 

 turbed for the rest of the season, la the Fall, if a good union has taken place, the cane 

 forming the scion is cut close beloiu its union with the stock cane, which in its turn is cut 

 <'lose above the connnection. Supposing the stock to have been a Concord and the scion 

 i\. Delaware, we now have a vine of the latter entirely on the strong, vigorous root of 

 the former. Of course constant vigilance must be exercised to prevent suckers from 

 starting out of the stock. It is well to protect the grafted joint the first few winters by 

 :i slight covering of straw or soil to prevent the frost Irom splitting it apart. 



Mr. Cambre in giving his experience writes: "I have positively 

 abandoned cleft grafting; it is too much trouble and too uncer- 

 tain, and the graft often makes its own roots. I assure j'ou that from 

 a long experience in inarching, I am of the opinion that not alone the 

 Delaware but most of our cultivated varieties will do better on native 

 wild roots than on their own. I have 1-i acres of vines mostly grafted 

 in this manner on wild stocks, and I have not lost one of such grafts. 

 It is preferable to graft at from 10 to 15 inches from the ground." 



Another mode of grafting above ground is thus given in " The 

 Cultivation of the Grape," by W. C. Strong : 



In The Gardeneis^ Monthly, Vol. II, p. 317, is a description of a mode practised 

 with success by Mr. Cornelius, which we copy, not merely as it is interesting in itself, 

 but also because it illustrates many other modifications in grafting : 



[Fig. 20.] " After the first four or live leaves are formed, and the sap is flowing, 



YOU choose the place on the vine where you intend to graft. At that point 

 wrap tightly a twine several times around the vine. This will, in a meas- 

 ure, prevent the return sap. 



"Below the ligature make a sloping cut down, as shown at Figure 20, 

 a; also, a similar reversed one above the ligature, as at 6, about one inch in 

 length. In selecting a scion prefer one that has naturally a bend. Cut it 

 so that it shall be wedge shaped at both ejuls, and a littJe longer than the 

 distance between the cuts in the vine at a and b. Insert tlie scion, taking 

 care to have the barks in direct contact, securing it with a string, c, bound 

 round both scion and vine sufficiently tight to force the scion ends into 

 their places. If the work is done well, no tie will be required at a and 6, 

 but the joints should be covered with grafting wax. In a short lime, the 

 budatrf will commence its growth, after which you can by degrees remove 

 all the growing shoots not belonging to the scion, and in course of the 

 Summer you may cut oft" the wood above 6, and in the Fall remove all 

 above a on the stock, and above c on the scion. 



Still another mode of grafting which has, I believe, sel- 

 dom, if ever, been attempted in this part of the country, 

 but which has been employed with much satisfaction the 



-^^flVsX P^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^"^ growers in France, and especially 

 >if-^' i-frby M. H. Bouschet, of Montpellier, remains to be mentioned. 

 It is the Winter grafting of a cutting of such variety as is desired to 

 grow, upon another which is to be used as stock, the combined cut- 

 tings being planted in the usual manner in Spring, leaving only the 

 buds on the graft proper out of ground. This is very similar to our 

 ordinary mode of making apple grafts ; and while we have little or 

 no experience in this country on which to base anticipations, the 

 method is worthy of trial, and is illustrated at figure 21. 



