Propagation of the Vine, 



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of the stock, in such a way that on one of the sides the 

 bark may be in the same vertical plane. Bind the 

 parts together with willow bark soaked in water, and 

 cover them up with grafting wax. Lastly, fill up the 

 cavity with the soil which has been dug out, so that the 

 graft may have but one eye above ground. [Fig. 13.] 



[Fig. 13.] — Grafting. 

 The top of the plant is fastened to a small stake. The 

 union of the cutting with the stock soon takes place ; 

 the bud of the graft shoots out, and a number of roots 

 show themselves on the heel of it, so that it is both a 

 graft and a cutting. From this comes the name of slit- 

 grafted shoot, which we have given to that operation. 



[Fig. 13-] 



The development of this early shoot is often so 



rapid, under the influence of this two-fold principle of 



vegetation, that it may bear fruit the first summer after 



the operation. 



If the parent stock is somewhat large, two, instead 

 of one graft, may be made — one on each side of the 

 slit — provided the poorer one is cut away two years 

 later, when the parent stock shall have been perfectly 

 healed up. 



[Grafting the vine has been practiced to a considerable ex- 



