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root-grafts are t,hen treated in the same way as eye cuttings, 0111;
t]lilt they are usWll1~ grown in pots fPOtt1 tile Start.
The \4nc nlily be grafted with C’itSt’ l)y ilIly tnethod. Cleftgrafting
is commonly tmploycd on old plants. Thcx cions are
inserted on the crown of the plant, just l~low the surface of the
ground. The cleft is bound with string, and then covered with
earth, no was 1Glg necessary. The best. time to perform the
operation is very early in spring7 bcforc tllc sap starts. Vines may
be grafted late in ‘ipring also, after rtitJlgCr of bleeding is past, if
the cions are kept. pi rfectly dormant. Vines are sometitnes grafted
in the fall, but this practice cannot be rccomt~zcnded in the North.
Young plants are usttall~~ whip-grafted itt the crown, either indoors
or out doors. Grafting the vine is tnostl>v confin to Europe,
( ‘aliforttia, and other cottntries where tltc European grape ( ‘C/IXY
r*irr ijfBrf7) is grown, as tltat species ntust bc graftcltl upon sotne other
stock in order to rt5ist the plqlloscra. The common wild frostgrapcl
( /-2:fi~ UU~/I~UU) is the most. popular stock. The union in these
cases tnust not be mllclt I)elow the grottntl, unless it is desired that
the riot1 take root; ‘1’11~ union is sometimes wound with waxed
muslin and the earth is heaped about it until it llas heakd. Grapes
can he graftt-ld b?y tlita cleft-graft, ljelow gt-ottn(l as readily as pears or
apples can 1x1 worked. For pictxrcts of \,arious methods of grafting
the grape. s~‘(’ Figs. 172, 1 iis, I!)?, 195. Fig. iii-5 rcprcsents a
good t~*pfl for !gCtlr~t?Ll 11s 011 oltl vititts.
The vitttb is frr,~rt7tetitl\Y itlar’cliclcl, ilIlt (>at*1J7 in spring it can be
budded by- orclin:tt:y ttrc~~!:oc-Is.
Seed-grafting is a cttrious pr;i