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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION. 



On the stock, the second eye, counting from the top of the cutting, 

 is cut out; while for the scion any one of the eyes on the cane is used. 

 The scion-bud fits perfectly, as it is the same blade that makes the two 

 cuts. The cuttings to be grafted should be sixteen inches in length 

 their top being limited by a bud cut half-way through. The graft is 

 tied with raffia, as in other bench grafts. So far, this graft tried on 

 green shoots has not been a success, but on the ripe canes the results 

 have been very good and the quality of the knitting is specially good. 



Clarac Graft. 



In the Clarac graft (Figs. 6 and 7) , as in the Besson graft, a bud is 

 substituted for another bud, but the process differs in many points. 

 To prepare the stock an incision is made an eighth of an inch above a 

 bud (Fig. 6, a) and the incision is continued in a straight section 

 parallel to the axis of the cane, penetrating one-third of the diameter; 

 the cut is stopped when the length is a little over the width of the blade 



FIG. 6. 

 CLARAC GRAFT. 



under the the base of the bud (Fig. 6, &). The blade is removed, 

 laid flat on the cane immediately under the base of the bud, in order 

 to indicate by the width of the blade the point where the new trans- 

 verse and oblique incision is to be made, to prevent the first section 

 from spreading and to make a strong notch for the scion to rest 

 upon (Fig. 6, c). 



The scion-bud is obtained in the same way, placed on the stock and 

 tied. 



