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NEW METHODS OF GRAFTING AND BUDDING. 



Fig. 17. 



Salgues Graft. 



Front view of 



scion -bud. 



the slit may be .easily raised; secondly, that the scion-bud 

 should be carefully selected. All the buds of a shoot cannot be 

 used indiscriminately. When a green shoot is cut longitudi- 

 nally on all its length different colorations may be noticed on 

 the section ; towards the apex, the shoot has not yet begun to 

 lignify and the section is almost uniformly green in colour, 

 only slightly deeper above or below each node, the diaphragm 

 of which can only be detected at the second or third node 



(counting from the top), 

 \V\ A by a slightly lighter 



colour. If we examine 

 the nodes downwards 

 we see the diaphragms 

 becoming more distinct ; 

 finally, still lower, the 

 pith begins to be indi- 

 cated by. a whitish tint. 

 At first, Salgues recom- 

 mended the scions to be 

 taken only from very 

 tender buds in which 

 the diaphragm was just 

 beginning to show ; he 

 has found since, that it 

 is preferable to choose 

 riper eyes, in which the 

 diaphragm is already 

 well apparent. We are of opinion that we may safely 

 choose all buds where the diaphragm is apparent, but 

 taken on the part of the shoot where the white pith is 

 not yet noticeable. Each shoot can, under these condi- 

 tions, furnish two or three sound eyes for budding. . We 

 must evidently bring some attention to bear on the selection 

 of the scion; however, one quickly learns to choose the right 

 ones. This is a question of practice, difficult to explain with- 

 out actual demonstration in the vineyard. Salgues used 

 formerly to show my students a simple means for selecting 

 these buds. When one tries to bend a young vine-shoot, the 

 resistance is nil towards the top ; the further we get from the 

 apex the greater the resistance becomes, till we reach a point- 

 where the shoot, almost lignified, does not bend, but breaks. 

 When the fingers can easily bend the shoot and feel a slight 

 resistance, one is sure that the bud in that region, together 

 with one above or one below, are suitable for the Salgues graft. 



Fig. 15. Stock 



of Salgues Graft 



prepared. 



Fig. 16. Same, 

 bent inward^. 



Fig. 18. Salgues 



Graft. Side view 



of scion-bud. 



