Show DR GLEANINGS GLEANING S GRAPE GRAFTING DIFFICULT TASK There has bt been en considerable Interest Inter est eat hown In the I last It few tew years about the grafting of the grapevine and regardless regardless re re- of or the the fact focI that men of 01 science hay have taken the lead there seems to be a lack of ot knowledge all along the line In the first place the work belongs to professionals or well well- trained amateurs writes Charles Cherles Boy noy kin of Indiana In the Rural New Yorker The business man or common com coinS mon farmer c cannot make It go Any AnI of ot the lie common methods of grattage Is Ii practical but lt It takes n a fundamental knowledge o of the be llan t tl tO n. n 5 cess The hP graft wilt will grow V froid the common spilt SPlit graft about the first of ot April just be below bev v the ground level without nn wax or tying mateS mate rial nat The Tue care cure of ot lie vine consists In keeping the roots oil off the scion and not letting an any sprouts from tho the roots grow The maIn point In consideration lion tion la Is to protect the union from freezes In the tile winter To do so 80 clear the tile soil soli from union about the tile first of ot September A process of hardening then hen toll follows ow II protects the tite vine hiring during the winter When winter sets lIets In Just before Thank Thanksgiving cover the plant with about eight Inches of ot soil soli The first year eRr Is the fundamental point to to consider Afterward If It It Is an American grape there Is no extra care are nut flut If you lire are grafting graWn the California grape the tue plant must bo be protected each winter In the eastern states There are several methods of graft graft- rge The split spilt graft Is good on plants me ne or more years old On younger vines marching Inarching Is one of the best methods but hut the whip graft or wire graft on cuttings of the right stock will prove to be In the long run the most successful Stocks most roost adaptable adapt able to most soils solis are arc the X X 1 pes le nn and n and du e tries st. st ine me 01 OT orthe the stock must be understood Your soil will govern that Therefore e I J lIa that a n professional should take care of ot the Just the same as th the theman theman man who propagates your other An n American grape rutted grafted on the proper root will produce produce from one- one one half more grapes then on Its own roots The California grape grapel will not grow well In the eastern states because of the an Insect that flInt Infests th the roots root's of ot the r grape To protect It the grape must he be grafted In the near future I believe believe be be- lieve that the will be grown In eastern America the same as other grapes |