Grafting Grape Vines, ^^c. 27 



Art. V. Grafthig Grape Vines — and a remedy for the 

 Peach Worm {JEgeria Exitiosa). By Jas. Camak, Esq., 

 Athens, Ga. 



How can I better fortify myself against the incredulity of 

 cultivators of the grape vine, on the subject of grafting, 

 than by relerriug to French authorities'? In that country, 

 it must be admitted, that, from the importance of the grape 

 vine as forming the basis of an extensive commerce, and 

 also of an extensive domestic consumption, cultivators know 

 what are the best modes of propagation. And there, also, 

 scientific men who have written on the subject, may be 

 supposed to have fortified their positions by a close and 

 careful examination of the best modes in daily use. 



They have, in France, two ways of grafting grape vines, 

 which are described as follows in the A?inales de VAgricul- 

 ture Francaise : — 



1. The stock is split perpendicularly in the middle to the 

 length of six centimetres; and the graft, fourteen centime- 

 tres long, cut into the form of a wedge, is introduced and 

 sunk well into the cleft. 



2. By laying the root bare to fifteen centimetres below 

 the first small roots, making a perpendicular cleft, placing 

 the graft in it, and surrounding it with a band of rushes 

 and grafting wax 



Now as to the point in dispute — the fitting of the bark of 

 the scion and stock to each other. 



M. Poiteau. in Le Bon Jardinier, directs that the bark of 

 the scion must be made to fit exactly to that of the stock. 



M. Phoiiin, on the other hand, in the Cours de Culture 

 et de Naturalisation des Vcgetanx^ says that the exact coin- 

 cidence of the bark of the scion and stock is not necessary, 

 because the sap rises by vessels dispersed in the woody sub- 

 stance. M. Thoiiin, moreover, strongly recommends the 

 second mode of grafting above described, saying that the 

 failures will not be more than five in one hundred. 



Allow me, next, to quote the late Mr. N. Herbemont, of 

 Columbia, S. C, a most successful cultivator. After refer- 

 ring to the usual modes of grafting, as applied to fruit trees, 

 he says : — " But let vines be grafted in this manner, unless 

 the operator knows the particular requisite for the vine, and 

 the probability is that he will scarcely succeed one in five 



