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from the part cut. You then uncover the 

 foot of the plant to a depth of ten or twelve 

 inches; saw it off six or seven inches below 

 the surface of the ground ; smooth the sawed 

 end with a sharp instrument ; split the root in 

 the middle ; insert the two grafts vertically to 

 a depth of three or four inches, and then bind 

 tightly with a strong willow twig. You then 

 cover up the graft with two double handfuls 

 of mould, and fill up the hole with earth, 

 leaving two eyes above ground on each graft. 

 In ploughing, which must not be done too 

 deep, care is to be taken not to touch the 

 graft. For the first year it is better to use the 

 spade only, and merely scrape the ground in 

 order to destroy the weeds. Although grafts 

 vegetate slowly, they almost always bear fruit 

 the first year. The branches must be fastened 

 to a support set up at the time of grafting. 

 Never engraft white grapes upon red ones. I 



