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grafting does not seem to have been practised much in 

 this country ; yet, while it requires great care, and may 

 not be as generally successful as the former methods, I 

 hope more attention will, in future, be given to it. The 

 operation is simple : A slice of 2 or 3 inches long 

 is cut from one side of the vine to be grafted with, and a 

 similar slice from the one which is to serve as stock, as 

 near to the base as possible (of course, graft and stock 

 must be close together). The two cut portions are then 

 brought face to face, so as to fit neatly, and are bound 

 together with Bass-wood bark, or other grafting bandage, 

 and wrapped in moss, which should be kept moist. In 

 the course of a fortnight, partial union takes place, when 

 the bandage should be slightly loosened, to allow of ex- 

 pansion. In six or eight weeks, if successful, the stock 

 and scion are firmly united, when the bandage may be 

 removed. The graft immediately below the union, 

 and the stock immediately above it, should then be 

 cut in a week or two." This method has been success- 

 fully followed by Mr. Eugene Cambre, of Nauvoo, 111. 



Mr. Cambre, in giving his experience, writes : " I 

 have positively abandoned cleft grafting ; it is too much 

 trouble and too uncertain, and the graft often makes its 

 own roots. I assure you that from a long experience in 

 inarching, I am of the opinion that not alone the Dela- 

 ware, but most of our cultivated varieties, will do better 

 on native wild roots than on their own. I have 14 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 Gardeners' Monthly/ Vol. II., p. 347, is a 

 description of a mode practised with success by Mr. Cor- 

 nelius, which we copy, not merely as it is interesting in 

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