GRAFTING. 



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E. Jouzier,* who was appointed to study and report on the 

 viticultural methods of Hungary, describes the herbaceous 

 cleft graft as follows : 



" This graft is made on very young shoots. It may be 

 performed when the extremity of the young shoot between 

 the second and third leaf, counting from the top, is still soft, 



Fig. 67. Horvhth graft finished. 



but already flexible (Fig. 69 a and b). This does not 

 happen before the beginning of June, when the shoots are 

 16 to 24 inches in length. Until then the extremity is very 

 soft and too brittle. 



"When the young shoot is fit to be grafted, the apex 

 between the second and third leaf is cut away (Fig. 69 a a') 

 leaving about 1 to 2 inches above the last leaf (Fig. 69 xy\ 

 which is cut away, leaving a small part of the petiole (b b). 



* Late Professor at the School of Viticulture, Ondes ; now Professor at the School of 

 Grand- Jouan. 



