FRANCO-AMERICAN GRAPEVINES 
The French vineyardists, of course, knew all about the 
possibilities of grafting one grapevine to another. They 
thought that if they could join the roots of the American 
vine and the tops of the French, they would have a com¬ 
bination which would defy the destroying insect and still 
produce the grapes to which they were accustomed. 
It took many years to work out this possibility, but in 
the end, after much experimentation, the American va¬ 
rieties of vines that would grow best under the conditions 
existing in various parts of France were found. The 
proper unions were made, and this strange situation came 
into actual being and exists today, not only throughout 
France but in many other European countries. 
The solution was brought to America. In the eastern 
states, where the European grapes had refused to grow, 
they could now be induced to do so by grafting them on 
the roots of native grapevines. 
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