VOUZOU GKAFT. 2i 



of sections, made perpendicular to the axis of the joint, 

 shows that the knitting is generally perfect, the adherence 

 of the ligneous part is almost as complete as in the her- 

 baceous graft, and much more complete than in the ordinary 

 cleft or whip-tongue graft. 



The Vouzou method possesses, therefore, every advantage. 

 It satisfies all the conditions of a good strike, and, at the 

 same time, embraces the long recognised value of budding ; it 

 avoids the majority of causes of failures pertaining to the 

 methods previously used. And, moreover, we cannot too 

 strongly emphasize the practical facility of its execution for 

 the layman. 



Its qualities and principal advantages may be recapitu- 

 lated as follows : 1st. Extremely simple execution, easy of 

 performance by any workman. 2nd. Almost absolute cer- 

 tainty of a high percentage of strikes, for there is no danger 

 of desiccation of the bud by hot dry winds. 3rd. Perfect 

 knitting and complete adherence of wood. &h. It is the 

 only method of grafting vines of from one to twelve years 

 old or more without decapitating the stock, or damaging its 

 base. bth. In case of failure it is easy to begin again during 

 the same or the following year, and it enables us to preserve 

 a part of the crop of the stock during the year of grafting. 

 Qtk. It allows us to graft several buds on a given vine 

 without interfering with . the shape, which increases the 

 chances of success. 



On account of the facility with which it can be performed 

 on stocks of one to two years of age, or even on canes of the 

 previous year's growth, preserved on the mother-vine with 

 the object of obtaining grafted cuttings, we cannot too 

 strongly recommend it, for trial at least, to all viticulturists. 

 Without assuming that it will be substituted in every case 

 for the methods in actual use, we are convinced that it is 

 called upon to considerable expansion in the grafting of 

 established vineyards and nurseries, and that it will render 

 very great service to viticulture. 



