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GRAFTING AND INARCHING. 



I would advise the gardener or amateur, wishing to 

 graft vines which are permanently established in the 

 border, to study the healthy condition of the vine he is 

 going to graft upon. If the vine is growing in a bad 

 border, great success cannot be expected. It is best to 

 let the vines be started three or four weeks, to enable 

 the sap to rise before putting the graft on, which is done 

 in the same way as grafting an apple-tree. Gare must 

 be taken that the grafts have been in the vinery from 

 the time of beginning to force. I recommend the culti- 

 vator to be careful not to graft a weak variety of vine 

 on too strong a stock. For instance, I would not put 

 white Frontignan on a Syrian or Trebbiana. Foster's 

 Seedling, for example, would, in my opinion, make the 

 best stock in such a case. Care is necessary to graft or 

 inarch on a stock a little stronger in constitution than the 

 variety from which the graft is taken. I consider Black 

 Prince would make a good stock for the black Frontignan 

 to be grafted upon. A little careful study will soon make 

 the amateur and inexperienced gardener familiar with the 

 proper method of grafting and inarching. 



I have been very successful in inarching when the 

 young vines were about two to three feet high, planted 



in 7 or 8-inch pots. The following directions should be 



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