METHODS OF GRAFTING GRAPE VINES 



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it is most successful in June, provided the scions are hard enough. 

 The pith must be white. In a strong-growing vineyard grafting may 

 be done in July. The leaves are taken off the scions when they are cut. 

 If they are to be used immediately they are placed in water; if to be 

 carried some distance they are placed in a wet sack. Tie the grafts 



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Methods of field grafting grape vines. 



A. Whip graft for stocks 1-2 to 2-3 of an inch in diameter. 

 B, BB. Whip graft for stocks 2-3 to 3-4 of an inch in diameter. 



Cleft graft for stocks 3-4 of a ninch in diameter and for old 



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stumps. 



