28 Grafting Grape Vines, ^yc. 



hundred trials. The mode of grafting which I practise 

 usually, and which is attended with no difficulty, and very 

 seldom fails, is as follows : All I do is to take away the 

 earth lonnd the vine, to the depth of four of five inches ; 

 saw it off about two or three inches below the surface of the 

 ground. Split it with a knife or chisel ; and having taper- 

 ed the lower end of the scion in the shape of a wedge, in- 

 sert it in the cleft stock so as to make the hark of both co- 

 incide (which is perhaps not necessary with the vine) ; tie 

 it with any kind of string, merely to keep the scion in its 

 place ; return the earth to its place, so as to leave only one 

 bud of the graft above the ground, and the other just below 

 the surface, and it is done." {See I'^ar'm€?^^s Register. Vol. 

 I, page 49'1.) 



If, now, any one doubts that grafting grape vines is as 

 simple a matter as I have represented it to be, I can only 

 say, let him go and get personal experience on the subject 

 by the only legitimate mode of getting it, that is by seeing, 

 hearing and trying for himself 



By the way, vvliy is it that there is so much confusion 

 among nurserymen and cultivators in this country, in res- 

 pect to that most excellent grape, the Chas.selas? Hardly 

 any two of them describe it alike ; and but few of their de- 

 scriptions, that I have seen, agree with the descriptions of 

 the true Chasselas by the French, in the Aiinales de VAgri- 

 cvltiire Francaise. Can it be that climate, soil and culture 

 cause the difference ? I copy the French descriptions, hop- 

 ing to aid in settling the matter: — 



Chasselas de F^ontainehleau., on mieux, de Thonmenj. 

 Grappes a. gros grains, pen serres. 11 y a le noir, le violet, 

 le rouge, le rose, le blanc, et le hatif C'est le plus cultive 

 pour la table, comme etant le meilleur. 



Chasselas dore^ bar-sur-Aube ou^ raisin de Champagne : 

 Feuilles lacinees, grandes, bien avant ; — grappes grandes 

 et grosses; — grains d' inegales grosseurs, fondans et sucres. 

 II miirit tres bier dans la ragon de Paris. 11 faudrait. pour 

 qu'il n'arrivat pas en maturite que les automnes fussent 

 froides. Tres cultive. Situation a Test. 



Compare these descriptions with most of those that are 

 common in this country, and one is at a loss to account for 

 the difference. 1 have seen the white, golden and Fon- 

 tainebleau Chasselas, and white sweet water all set down 

 as synonymous. Mr. Kenrick alone, as far as I have seen, 



