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faction in bunch and berry, as well as high finish, we would 

 say, graft it on a Muscat in a Muscat temperature, and allow 

 the stock at the same time to develop either one or two bear- 

 ing-canes, as well as the graft of Gros Guillaume. It must be 

 added that it fruits more freely under closer pruning on the 

 Muscat than on its own roots, or on the Black Hamburg." 



Mr J. Smith, of Waterdale, says : " Most of our shy-growing 

 Grapes may be improved, and even shanking to some extent 

 prevented, by grafting. Mrs Pince has more compact bunches, 

 and finishes better; and Muscat Hamburg and Madresfield 

 Court grown in this way are not liable to crack. The Barba- 

 rossa, grafted on the Black Hamburg, fruits freely on spurs, 

 and produces more compact bunches, which are more satisfac- 

 tory for hanging late than large loose ones." 



Inarching Bunches of Grapes. Mr Temple says : " This 

 practice is by no means new ; but from experiments which I 

 have made, I am inclined to believe that there is little advan- 

 tage to be gained by grafting a number of bunches together. 

 To see what size a bunch can be made to attain was not, how- 

 ever, my object, but to ascertain what influence one kind of 

 Grape would have on another. A bunch of Foster's Seedling 

 spliced to one of Lady Downes seemed to be flaccid and 

 tasteless compared with the same kind left alone. A bunch 

 of Muscat of Alexandria grafted on a Trebbiano seemed to 

 have little or no Muscat flavour in it. A Lady Downes 

 " worked " on a bunch of itself, was unchanged in flavour and 

 appearance. In order to have handsome bunches as well as 

 increased dimensions by grafting, it is necessary to use small 

 ties for training one of the bunches neatly over its companion, 

 so as to maintain a symmetrical form. Grafting must be done 

 either before the bunch comes into flower or very shortly after 

 the berries are set ; but careful and steady hands must perform 

 the operation." 



It is always desirable that cultivators, when recording experi- 

 ments in Vine or other grafting, should state fully whether the 

 scion receives all the nourishment afforded by the stock, or 

 whether it is merely inarched or budded on the stock as a branch. 

 This is a most important point ; for it is patent that if the 

 stock is entirely devoted to the scion, its individuality and con- 

 stitutional characteristics must be overruled to a greater or less 

 extent, just as the scion is strong or weakly in habit ; but if 

 the stock is allowed to bear foliage of its own, as well as that 

 of the scion, its influence must necessarily be much greater. 



