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not succeed well in the dry Mediterranean region, but gives 

 very satisfactory results further north, which is explained very 

 easily, if we remember that the cuttings have not only to knit 

 their scion, but also to grow roots, and that a certain amount 



Fig. 96. 



A six-year-old vine badly grafted, perishing 

 from phylloxera on roots from scion. 



Fig. 97. 



Old grafted vine showing almost normal 

 difference between size of stock and scion. 



of moisture is necessary for both these phenomena. However, 

 it can be used in dry regions, on the condition that the cuttings 

 are planted in nurseries, well watered, and that certain pre- 

 cautions which we are going to explain are observed ; the 

 cuttings, 10 inches in length, are grafted with the whip 

 tongue method with short bevel, the- scions having only one 



