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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT STATION. 



Massabie Graft. 



This is practically the same as the Besson graft, but the scion-bud 

 is cut with a special pair of shears. 



Vouzou Graft. 



The Vouzou graft (Figs. 8 and 9) is a Salgues graft made with an 



old scion-bud. On a smooth part of 

 the stock above ground a T-shaped 

 incision is made through the bark, 

 and the sides are raised with the haft 

 of the grafting knife. 



The scion is taken from a cane of 

 the previous year's growth before the 

 eyes start to burst in the spring, and 

 preserved in sand until the time of 

 grafting. The bud should be well 

 constituted and healthy, but need not 

 be at a particular state of development, 

 as in the Salgues graft. The scion- 

 bud is cut out as is done for fruit 

 trees, but under the eye a thickness of 

 wood is left reaching to the pith ; and 

 even a little of the latter may be left. 

 This will give a scion about one inch 

 long, with the inside section nearly 

 flat. The bud is inserted and tied in 

 the usual way. To insure knitting 

 the shoots of the stock must be pinched 

 short; the tie is cut one month after. 

 This graft may be made during 

 the whole period during which the 

 sap is circulating, and when the 

 bark is detachable from the wood. 

 The Vouzou graft has been very 

 successful; 75 to 85 per cent, of 

 "takes" have commonly been ob- 

 tained, and in one instance the suc- 

 cess of 95 per cent was publicly 

 demonstrated. It is a simple graft 



and gives a perfect union. In case of failure it is easy to repeat it 



the same season. 



FIG. 8. 



AN ORDINARY METHOD OF BUD- 

 DING ON A VINE CANE. (a) SLIT 

 BEFORE BUD IS INSERTED, (&) 

 SAME AFTER INSERTION OF SCION- 

 BUD. (Original.) 



