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On Grafting Vines. 



operation being performed by whip grafting, and no other 

 covering was used than a binding of bass surrounded with 

 grafting clay. 



From these and various other experiments which I have 

 since made, I feel confident in stating, that healthy Vines may 

 be successfully grafted, with young wood of the preceding 

 year's growth, from the time that the shoots of the stocks 

 which the grafts are to be put upon, have made four or five 

 eyes, until midsummer ; with every prospect of the grafts 

 growing, and without the least danger of the stocks suffering 

 by bleeding. 



They may likewise be grafted with shoots of the same 

 summer's growth, worked into the rind of the young wood, 

 from the time that the young bunches of grapes become 

 visible on the stocks till July, out of doors; or till a month 

 later, under glass. The operation must not be performed later 

 than the periods here specified, because time is necessary for 

 the young shoots of the grafts to become hard and ripen be- 

 fore winter. 



Some cuttings of Vines sent from Madeira, which I received 

 from the Horticultural Society, were grafted on the 10th of 

 last May by me, on seedling Vines which were growing under 

 glass, but without fire heat, with the following results. 



1 . The Verdelho graft shot fourteen feet, produced one 

 small bunch of grapes, and ripened its wood well. 



2. The Negro Molle, grafted on the same stock, shot 

 upwards of twelve feet, produced no fruit, but ripened 

 its wood. 



Another graft, of which the name was accidentally lost, was 

 not put on till the 1st of July ; it was then worked on to the 



