ON GRAFTING. 
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It may, perhaps, be imagined, that flocks of the above de- 
fcription would tend to debafe the flavour of the grapes grafted 
upon them ; but experience teaches us, that the flock does 
not impart any fuch quality to the fruit ; for it is well known 
that the Golden Pippin, when grafted upon a crab-flock, pro- 
duces the highefl-flavoured fruit. 
It has been afferted, that great advantages might, or would 
refult, from grafting the Vine upon the cherry-flock'. 
U 2 Now 
“ If a Vine be grafted on a common cherry, or any other of the kind, the 
“ grapes which it produces will be fo remarkably forward, as to be ripe in 
“ the feafon of cherries. But it is very difficult to graft a Vine well on a 
“ cherry-ftock, fo as to make it thrive and flourilh. The following method 
“ has, however, been generally fuccefsful. 
“ First, bore a hole with an auger in the trunk of the cherry-tree ; in this 
“ hole infert the fcion of tlie Vine, and let it grow there till it has filled tlie 
“ hole of the auger, and is clofely joined to the cherry-tree. Then cut off 
“ the Vine-branch from the Vine, after which it will draw all its nourifh- 
ment from the cherry-tree, whofe fap will haftcn the formation and maturity 
“ of the grapes, which will be ripe near two months (oonsr than ordinary*. 
I have, from experience, great reafon to believe, that the Vine and cherry will 
not be made to unite and incorporate, even by inarching, which is the moft certain 
of all the ways of grafting ; and much lefs by the method as fet forth above. For 
the cutting the fcion and ftock fmooth, and fitting them together with exactnefs, 
are the firft principles in grafting ; whereas boring with an auger will naturally 
bruife and tear the bark, and muff therefore deftroy thefe intentions. 
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* A Trcatife on Grafting and Inocnlationf (anonymous) Sa!ijbury\ %vo, 1780, 
and fold by Fielding. 
