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THE VINEYARD. 



[MARCH 



GRAFTING GRAPE-VINES. 

 From the Horticulturist. 



Having had some experience in grafting the vine, I am desirous 

 of informing your readers of my mode of 



Fig. 24. Fig. 25. Fig 26. procedure. I have visited several vineries 

 in this State, and having had conversation 

 with the proprietors, I have learnjd from 

 them how very important it would be to 

 grape-growers to be able to change one 

 variety for another by an easy and sure 

 way of grafting. 



My practice is as follows: I try to have 

 the eyes of my stock and scion swell at 

 the same time. This I do by putting my 

 scions in wet sand, and leaving them in 

 the vinery. As soon as the eyes move, I 

 take a sharp knife and cut my scions wedge- 

 shaped, leaving only one eye. I next take 

 my knife, holding the point down, making 

 an incision in the stock as at 2, 2, Fig. 

 24; the scion is cut as at 8. I then fit my 

 scion into the stock, as at Fig. 25, being 

 careful to have the bark of both in close 

 contact. I next tie with strong bass mats, 

 and cover all over with grafting wax, as at 

 Fig. 26, to prevent air and moisture get- 

 ting to the incision. 



This mode of grafting has the advantage 

 of having the stock bearing fruit while the 



scion is making bearing wood. I have worked two vines this season, 

 in the forcing-house of Mr. Joseph Breck & Son, and they are begin- 

 ning to grow. Bonnard Denis, Brighton, Mass. 



METHOD OF PLANTING. 



Having your ground prepared and marked out with stakes, as 

 before directed, and your cuttings in readiness, so soon after the 

 middle of this month as you find the soil dry and in good order, pro- 

 ceed to planting, in the following manner : Take up a number of your 

 cuttings carefully, without injuring the buds, and place them in a 

 bucket of dung water about six inches deep, the bucket having a 

 handle for the convenience of carrying it from place to place ; then, 

 at each stake, make a hole with a spade, about a foot deep, and as 

 wide as you please, but it will be better to have all these holes made 

 the day before you commence planting ; into each put one strong cut- 

 ting, placing it a little sloping, and so deep that the second bud from 

 the top may be just on a level with the general surface; immedi- 

 ately fill the hole with earth, pressing it gently with your feet to the 



