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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ January, 
house I grafted with the Muscat of Alexandria, and although the golden 
Lady Downes’ is as bad or a w r orse setter than the Muscat of Alexandria, 
yet the latter when grafted on it, set like a Black Hamburgh, required 
to be liberally thinned, and swelled-off extremely well, the fruit being 
entirely different in appearance from all the varieties of Muscats in the . 
house. 
I have for some time been thinking about a method which might easily 
be employed, and which, I believe, while affording a ready means of graft¬ 
ing sorts which it might be supposed w T ould be improved by this process, 
would also enable us to do so with the least possible loss of time as regards 
the growth of the variety intended to be fruited. My plan was to plant 
wdiatever varieties might be considered the most suitable for stocks, in the 
places intended to be occupied by the fruit-bearing Vines, and near to the 
stocks to plant the sorts intended to bear fruit; then to cut both back so 
to insure a break from near the ground, and when the two varieties had 
made growth enough, and the young wood was in proper condition, to 
inarch them, stopping the growth of the stock as soon as a union was 
effected, and encouraging the other to make a vigorous growth. After one 
or two years’ growth and experience, the root of the stock, or that of the 
fruit-bearing plant, might be destroyed if it were considered advisable. 
Where many varieties of grafts are wanted in a house, another very in¬ 
teresting set of experiments might be worked in this way : 
If there is an established Vine or two in a house which 
can be conveniently used, get a lot of grafts of properly 
ripened wood of the varieties which it may be desired to 
fruit, and work the Vine all over with these. This should 
be done without cutting too deeply into the stock, which 
would cause it to bleed, and so prevent a union; but a 
very shallow cut inch long should be made, with a cross 
downward cut at the end, and the graft be fitted to it as 
shown in the sketch. The graft should be bound up with 
bass matting rather tightly, and then the junction covered 
with grafting-wax. A large Vine grafted thus, would carry 
many sorts, and the grafts would bear fruit the same 
season. When Vines have been badly ripened, it might 
be advisable to graft them in the same way with eyes from properly ripened 
wood, of the sorts intended to be fruited. 
I am now just starting several graperies and shall try many experi¬ 
ments in the way of grafting different sorts on what I fancy will be suitable 
stock, so as to try which succeeds best, and whether improvements cannot 
be made by this means in regard to flavour, size, &c. I advise others in¬ 
terested in this subject to do the same. In a future paper I shall state 
