Figure 1.—Chip-budding operation: 
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A, Cutting the chip in the 
stock plant; B, chip removed from the stock; C, cutting a bud from 
the vinifera variety; D, inserting the vinifera bud in the stock. 
This forces the bud chip firmly into 
the notch on the stock. 
Then cover the budded part of 
the stock with 6 to 8 inches of moist 
soil. This moist soil protects the 
bud from drying while it is uniting 
with the stock. 
CARE OF VINES 
AFTER BUDDING 
Leave the soil mounded around 
fall-budded stocks through the win- 
ter. Though chip buds inserted in 
fall soon unite with the stock, they 
do not begin to grow until spring. 
When the stock plant begins to 
grow in spring, remove the mound 
of soil and inspect the bud. If it is 
dead—shriveled and dry—rebud 
the stock immediately. Cut a new 
notch on the stock for the new bud 
chip. 
If the bud is alive, cut off the 
stock plant an inch or two above 
the bud chip. Be careful not to in- 
jure the bud or bud chip when you 
make this cut. 
Carefully trim off any roots 
growing from the scion bud and cut 
the budding strip below the bud. 
