| Show on grafting gra gia grapes pes th tb 0 following fo communication onlie sub aub eject jentof of grape grafting published inthe coun conn Gentleman tr ih la from the C E goodrich or utica N Y u B t 1 rort fort taij c GRAPE 1 it you 0 ii are t hus hub able we speedily to change a large larg e and tind chrity vinh tinh whose fruit is poor unto one whose fruit is ig valuable A vine of moderate size in a favorable year will sometimes show flowers ahe year it la Is graf grafted graffe te roumay always exp eap expect act a moderate crop of of fruit the secand second year ardd add abd arid h a hl b ak dv y one the year gear 1 occasionally too dooin Ansome floine varieties ot grapes the org ansof are imperfect from I 1 the excess of stamens hence thie is a shy merethe He here rethe the advantage d of 0 grafting with nith a free and perfect flowering valle valie tyis apparent ther there is ia no perceptible ain bin aln to hardiness hiar diness in grafting alender variety on a hardy bardy stock belh such in my exper experience lince have been lust luat as iii able to mildew in hot d damp amp weather as aa when grown ou on their own the scions I 1 have I 1 mostly used where the early black july millets millers burgundy Bur guridy violet and golden chassee Ch asset las lag k J TIME or fr ff very early in in the spring aai a 1 a soon as aa the frost isgut of the ground khith is liere from the to the loth of april usually illy at leaskin protected positions where thi grape is usually pla pia planed tiled grafted at this time tima the grape does not blefeld when whon finally the bap rap atar tg in the early sumin raben the vine ba hasi haai anas maj p growth and the jarair jarnier Jar gier fier leaves had hid itt taine afuli elpa i ns T ip K n thi s period here is usually from froia the tb lek thi of june adi K athis atals tl iame ae abe the sap sap bap begins egins to thicken ancl anol granulates readily een eyen now if an on trial the tiocka are found to 0 bleed much the operation should be deferred a few days daye j there is 13 but little digger differ difference erice price in the he success of grafting at these hese two to periods peti there area are however two viry very tery obvious advantages in early the first arises from ibe difficulty nf f preserving your grafts from sprouting and blackening until the later peri d abd tbd second is the superior ripeness of the young wood and abid its consequent ability to meet the winter especially where batly early early autumn frosts occur STOCKS usen osen froin about 1843 1845 iq 1852 1 graf graced ted ked petha perhaps pa stocks acks they comprehended two or three native sorts stid slid tobaie to have been brought originally from connecticut two or three native dative sorts of unknown origin and many isabellaa an and m i MODE of OF GRAFTING THE gil gix CHAPE r sa saw off the stock tack s two two or e r three ilir e inches below we ue ordinary burnace surface of the soil cuttin cutting if it a or lowe rif nit you can thereby get a clean split for your scion the vine vil vii will sometimes exhibit a collar just below the sur f race face ace which illich will not give a gool 9 slit blit bilt p lit I 1 pr prefer e fer to go 90 b elaw this even eyen af atthe the e expense lor lof cut ting off some of the sid oid eidi roots pare off the stock smoothly with a sharp knife split spilt at it two or cr three thrig inches as aa in 0 ordinary i ef grafin ing and open it with a wed wedge geif gelf if the 8 tock stock is very large Iet let your graft be two buds long Iong leaving one inch of wood at least above abode and aria two tivo or three below to constitute thle the wedge witha very sharp knife bring your youn craft t to oa 9 wedge shape chape as in the case of ordinary cleft grafting having the lower bud on the tho outside ot then thee the tho toch stock insert your graft so that bark meets barin l berous and perhaps poor set a graft in e ahi abi chi side if your yoila vine is small tie the graft i being careful to use strings that will decay readily readily so that you need not nob subsequent ly have to loosen them A narrow strip of cotton cloth is good I 1 sometimes have clayed or waxed the graf gratt and often not the earth falling lato into the cleft seems srm Mrm harmles lesy as that part of lle ile tile lie stock immediately in contact with the gia gla graft f t is alone important brin bring the earth back around the graft leaving deavid the tha jower ower bud jus jp 4 covered it will wilt readily wess ress press through P the soil fit f it starts well I 1 like to put a drop of the shellac varnish on the top of the graft to prevent its ltd drying up 1 stick down aown a shingle or half a barrel stave stare just south of the gra t so as to shield it for a few weerd from the rl noonday noon on day bun biln until it is wei wel established estabi shed jt 11 both buds bud s start vigorously break off the upper one as one vine at the base is better i than two carefully pull up the sprouts spro lats which almost aw always S pring sprine up from irom below the J sti should oti oil id your graft not start tart or been seen likely to ate ie let one sprout grow from the il bottom ottom to become a future stok sob sok the first time you trident tri trl thim trim ment nt back your vine mali maii severely beverely ir if it be feeble or the stock were smail small mall otherwise leage leave plenty orwood wood for a crop he second I 1 ond year ati lae lse sivate ite ice around your boar graft hafi is as boudo ia in ull nit i th 6 c of any eer fer grape P |
