GRAFTING OF THE VINE ABOVE GROUND. 



HUNGARIAN GRAFTS. 



In Hungary the system of grafting vines above ground is 

 ' current practice ; the two methods used are the herbaceous 

 cleft-graft, and \\& flute-grafting due to Professor Horvath.* 



These two methods are very well described by 

 Jouzier, who was commissioned by the French Govern- 

 ment to study and report on the viticulture in 

 Hungary.! His report appeared in the Annales de 

 rinstitut National Agronomique, vol. 12, 1887. We cannot 

 do better than reproduce his descriptions : 



" The herbaceous cleft-graft is one of the oldest systems 

 used in Hungary. Tschudy used this method, and recom- 

 mended it. In a word, it is an ordinary cleft-graft made on 

 the green shoots of very young vines. The shoot used as 

 stock is cut between the second and third leaf (a a' Fig. 5) 

 counting from the apex, and 1^ to 2 inches above the third 

 leaf. The latter is pinched at b b' . The scion is a similar 



Fig. 5. 



Professor at the School of Viticulture, at Tarczal, Hungary. 

 t Late Professor at the School of Agriculture, Ondes ; now Professor at the 

 National School of Grand-Jouan. 



