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we have already seen, are means of combating the non-setting of the 

 fruit. 



I, myself, have had practical experience of some vines of Cabernet- 

 Saiivignon grafted on Miller's Burgundy (Pinot Meunier) stocks, 

 which set their fruit far better than similar vines growing on their own 

 roots. Some authors go so far as to say that Cabernet grafted on 

 Cabernet, or any sort on a stock of the same sort as itself, will bear 

 better than growing on its own roots. 



It has been found that the Malbec, which, as we have already seen, 

 is very liable to set its fruit badly, gives far better crops when 

 grafted on some American sorts, especially the Solonis (a variety of 

 V. Riparia). 



The above are examples in which grafting is attended with bene- 

 ficial results, but this is not always the case. If the stock and scion 

 do not suit each other the results may be disastrous. As an example, 

 a case may be mentioned which came under my notice of some Shiraz 

 (Red Hermitage) grafted, through a mistake of the vigneron, upon 

 some vines of Pinot Blanc. Although the grafts took perfectly, the 

 resulting vines were absolutely sterile, and never had a single bunch 

 upon them, even ten years after the execution of the operation, besides 

 which they did not ripen their wood till two months later than the 

 other vines of the vineyard, the extremities of the shoots sometimes 

 remaining herbaceous throughout the whole winter. Some Chasselas 

 grafted on similar stocks in the same block were very successful, bore 

 large crops of grapes, and ripened their wood thoroughly every year. 

 A general rule often given by practical vignerons is to graft red sorts 

 upon red, and white upon white. It will be observed that the case 

 mentioned above was a departure from this rule. 



The enumeration of the different American stocks suitable for 

 grafting with such-and-such a European sort would lead us too far. 

 It will suffice to say that the scion and stock should as much as 

 possible be growers of similar vigour, a weak grafted on an extremely 

 vigorous one, or vice versa, being most liable to give unsatisfactory 

 results. 



The different methods of grafting vines are extremely numerous 

 and varied. Want of space renders it impossible for us to describe 

 them all; we shall limit ourselves to two methods which are applicable 

 in different cases. Whatever be the method of grafting adopted, it is 



