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time, without the risk of destroying the embryo union 

 that may be taking place ; then with soft matting 

 thoroughly and rather firmly bandage the whole length 

 of the wounds. The vines will swell as they grow, and 

 this bandage will have to be slackened occasionally, 

 when the importance of the two ties first referred to 

 will appear. The growth of the stock on which the 

 new vine is inarched may be stopped at three joints 

 past its point of junction with the new one. In nine 

 out of ten cases the union should be complete in a 

 month, when the bandage may be taken off, but the 

 ties above and below retained for some time afterwards. 

 When the young vine shows by its vigorous gro^i^h 

 that it is deriving supplies of sap from its new parent, 

 its connection with its own roots may be half severed, 

 and by the end of the season cut off entirely. I have 

 inarched young wood on to old, and old wood on old, 

 with perfect success also. I do not consider grafting 

 so certain a plan as inarching in the manner I have 

 described; and, besides, it leads to a good deal of bleed- 

 ing when the graft is put on just as the old parent vine 

 is started into growth. This bleeding can, however, be 

 prevented by covering the junctions of scion and stock 

 with the styptic. 



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As a rule, I do not consider this a profitable way of 

 growing grapes, as compared with permanent vines 

 planted in borders; at the same time, there are various 

 exceptional cases where fruit can only be had so — as, 

 for instance, the first year a vinery is erected, if the 

 proprietor procures not only a set of vines to plant in 

 the borders, but another set to fruit in pots, he may in 



