44 NEW METHODS OF GRAFTING AND BUDDING. 



any other grafted cuttings, with this difference, that the roots 

 of the scion do not require to be removed, as in this case the 

 scion never forms any. The proportion of strikes is almost 

 the maximum. We have this year planted out in the vineyard, or 

 in nurseries, over 20,000 budded cuttings of Riparia and 

 Rupestris du Lot ; 90 per cent, have already shoots 4 to 8 

 inches in length ; the growth is very rapid, more so than 

 with any other method. We have not budded any Berlan- 

 dieri, but we intend doing so this year with mother plants, 

 which will be prepared next July. 



Budding of Rootlings from one to three years old. Let 

 us consider first a plantation of American rootlings planted 

 out last February which would be grafted with the ordinary 

 cleft graft in the spring of 1897. Instead of waiting till 

 then, they may be budded with dormant eyes at the 

 beginning of August with every chance of success, provided 

 the plants are well rooted and well in sap. If some of them 

 are not well rooted, they may be grafted the following year 

 in the same way. At the pruning season in February, all 

 the stocks should be pruned with two spurs and two eyes. 

 The object in doing so is to draw the sap towards the scion 

 till the latter reaches a development of from 13 to 20 inches. 

 It might be necessary to pinch the young shoots of the stock 

 at 4 inches from their base to send the sap back towards the 

 scion. But as soon as the scion has reached a length of 20 

 inches, the stock must be severed 1 or \\ inches above 

 it. A small stake must be placed at each stock to tie up 

 the young shoot of the scion and prevent the latter from 

 being disjointed by the spring winds. We have proceeded 

 in this manner for the last few years, and we can show 

 around Montauban many instances of this mode of grafting, 

 where the grafts are loaded with grapes, and which bear 

 more than any other system. We must add that when 

 budding is performed, the vines grow more regularly, and 

 one has not the bother of replacing misses, always occurring 

 with other systems. 



With budding, the few misses are easily replaced the 

 following year, as the stock has not been injured ; in this 

 case the Vouzou method with growing eye may be used. 



As is apparent, the main advantages of budding for the 

 reconstitution of vineyards are the following : 



1st. Possibility of grafting the first year, of planting out 

 even in dry, pebbly, compact soils, where the method of graft- 

 ing by decapitation would always result in failures. 



