GRAFTING THE GRAPE! 



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The recourse to resistant roots to escape the phylloxera has 

 been attended with some disappointment because the wild roots 

 at first widely used proved only partially resistant. Recently, 

 in the main through employment of French selected varieties of 

 the American wild species, stocks with satisfactory resistance, 



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Methods of field grafting grape vines 



CC 



A. Whip graft for stocks 1-2 to 2-3 of an inch in diameter. 



B, BB. Whip graft for stocks 2-3 to 3-4 of an inch in diameter. 



C, CC. Cleft graft for stocks 3-4 of an inch in diameter and for old stumps. 



