38 = Grafting. 
BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 
Grafting. 
scion is itself of a a variety, 
this precaution is, of course. 
It frequently beside that i buds of the 
' grafts swell rapidly within a few days after the 
operation, and then, after having given great 
promise for a week or two, they turn brown 
and apparently die off. Do not let this dis- 
courage you too quickly, and above all make 
no rash examinations of the cause of this seem- 
ing failure, by pulling out the scion or other- 
wise loosening it. A graft will often remain 
in this state for a period of five or six weeks, 
. and then start up all at once with a vigor that 
will push young wood to the length of twenty 
or more feet the same season. Keep the young 
growth well tied up, and carefully remove all 
suckers from the parent stock as soon as they 
appear. 
A method of ‘Green or Herbaceous graft- 
shoot which is to be 
low an eye ; it is then split nearly up to the eye 
below the cut. The scion, which has been 
taken from a suitable young shoot, is cut to 
one eye with a long, thin wedge, below which 
it is fitted nicely into the split. The graft is 
then wrapped with woolen yarn. After a few 
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develop shoots of a yard (over 90 centim.) or 
> length, the same season. D 
_ by frost. ‘The advantages of this method 
of grafting are, that fruit may often ; ob- 
“tained the first season, that several grafts 
_ be made on the same stock, and that the ie. 
work in the vineyard is, comparatively, 
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June (t east year, it Neste im make a 
me above the | 
sufficiently strong growth, if not, the second 
year), or as soon as the young shoots become 
sufficiently hard and woody to bear the knife, 
a shoot is taken from both the stock and the 
to the other, fora length of two or three inches. 
This must be done with a smooth cut of asharp 
knife, a little deeper than the inner bark, so as 
to obtain on each a flat surface. They are then 
fitted snugly together, so that the inner bark 
joins as much as possible, and are wrapped 
securely with some old calico strips, or with soft 
bass strings. Besides this, it is well to 
one tie a little below, and one above the grafted 
point, and also to tie the united canes toa stake 
or trellis to insure against all chances of loosen- 
ing by the swaying of the wind. The rapid 
swelling of the young growth at this period of 
the year makes it desirable that the grafts be 
looked over after a few weeks, replacing such 
ties which may have burst, and loosening 
others which may bind so as to cut into the 
wood. union will generally be made in the 
course of two or three weeks, which will be 
The shoots themselves are to be left to grow 
undisturbed for the rest of the season. In the 
fall, ifa good union has taken place, the cane 
forming the scion is cut close below its union 
with the stock cane, which in its turn is cut 
close above the connection. Supposing the 
stock to have been a Concord and the scion a 
Delaware, we now have a vine of the latter en- 
tirely on the strong, vigorous root of the 
former. Of course tant vigilance must be 
exercised to prevent suckers from starting out 
joint the first few winters by a slight covering 
of straw or soil to prevent the frost from split- 
ting it apart. 
Another mode of grafting above ground 
(eopied from ‘‘The Gardner’s Monthly ae 
W. C. Strong in his valuable work, “The Cul- 
tivation of the Grape 7) ie. not merely interest- 
ing in itself, but also illustrative of many othe 
modifications in cere et = Fig. 60. se 
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eer = © sap is is flowing, , you: choose the cae 
At that 
. pect wip a twine tightly several times 
around the vine. This 
will, in eeasrencs — 
