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the shoot directly after budding ; 2tid 9 pinched it a little 

 lower a fortnight later ; 3rd, pruned an inch or two above 

 the ground 25 or 30 days later, when the scion was from 20 

 to 24 inches in length. 



When the scion has reached this development it is strong 

 enough to draw all the sap of the roots towards it, and it 

 acquires a vigour equal to that of the best cleft grafts. 



It is absolutely necessary to fasten the shoots of each 

 graft to a strong stake after the removal of the top of the 

 shoot. Like that of Salgues', this graft is very easily 

 disjointed when young. 



Towards the end of July the little knob left above the 

 graft is removed by cutting it as close as possible to the 

 scion, and very often this wound heals before the fall of the 

 leaves. When the scions develop properly, the mother- 

 plant never throws suckers even if the mother-plant is a 

 Rupestris du Lot, which, as we all know, throws out suckers 

 very freely. In 1895, we performed the Vouzou graft on 

 Bouschet-hybrids already grafted on Biparia, and they 

 succeeded without exception. 



We noticed that the large wound made on the stock by 

 the severance of the top part induced necrosis, which injures 

 the scions, -and we think it would be preferable in future to 

 graft on the spurs of the crown or to place a certain number of 

 scions of the same height all round the trunk. With the 

 help of these scions the wound becomes quickly covered 

 with pads of healing tissue. Later on some of the scions 

 may be cut away and the plant formed in the ordinary way. 



Up to the present our own experience leads us to think 

 that there is no method of grafting vines cheaper, and offer- 

 ing greater security of strikes, than budding. With this 

 mode of grafting above ground, the vines may be placed 

 under the same conditions of culture and propagation as 

 other ligneous species. We must admit that the Salgues 

 and Vouzou methods have not up to the present given the 

 results one expected from them, but we must remember that 

 the same fact occurred at the beginning of reconstitution. 

 It required long experiments and many failures before the 

 whip-tongue was accepted as one of the best bench-grafts, 

 and it required many lectures and practical lessons before 

 its use became general. We are convinced that the same 

 thing will happen with budding, when practical lessons are 

 given as to the mode of operation, and that success will 

 quickly generalize its use. 



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