26 



AMEEICAis" GRAPE GROWING 



itself, but also because it illustrates many other modifica- 

 tions in grafting : 



* After the first four or five leaves are formed, and the 

 sap is flowing, you choose the place on the vine where you 

 intend to graft. At that point wrap tightly a twine sev- 

 eral times around the vine. This will, in a measure, pre- 

 vent the return sap. 



' Below the ligature, make a sloping cut down, as shown 

 at figure 4, a ; also, a similar reversed 

 one above the ligature, as at h, about 

 one inch in length. In selecting a 

 scion prefer one that has naturally a 

 bend. Cut it so that it shall be wedge 

 shaped at both ends, and a little longer 

 than the distance between the cuts in 

 the vine at a and h. Insert the scion, 

 taking care to have the barks in direct 

 contact, securing it with a string, c, 

 bound round both scion and vine suf- 

 ficiently tight to force the scion ends 

 into their places. If the work is done 

 well, no tie will be required at a and h, 

 but the joints should be covered with 

 grafting wax. In a short time, the 

 bud at d will commence its growth, 

 after which you can by degrees remove 

 all the growing shoots not belonging 

 to the scion, and in course of the sum- 

 mer you may cut off the wood above h, 

 and in the fall remove all above a on 

 the stock, and above c on the scion." 

 ^^ Still another mode of grafting 

 remains to be mentioned, which has, I believe, seldom, 

 if ever, been attempted in this part of the country, but 

 which has been employed with much satisfaction the jDast 

 year by a few vine growers in France, and especially by 



Fig. 4. — GRAFTING 

 ABOVE GROUND, 



