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THE NURSERl‘-LIST 325root-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. Cleftgraftingis commonly tmploycd on old plants. Thcx cions areinserted on the crown of the plant, just l~low the surface of theground. The cleft is bound with string, and then covered withearth, no was 1Glg necessary. The best. time to perform theoperation is very early in spring7 bcforc tllc sap starts. Vines maybe grafted late in ‘ipring also, after rtitJlgCr of bleeding is past, ifthe cions are kept. pi rfectly dormant. Vines are sometitnes graftedin the fall, but this practice cannot be rccomt~zcnded in the North.Young plants are usttall~~ whip-grafted itt the crown, either indoorsor out doors. Grafting the vine is tnostl>v confin to Europe,( ‘aliforttia, and other cottntries where tltc European grape ( ‘C/IXYr*irr ijfBrf7) is grown, as tltat species ntust bc graftcltl upon sotne otherstock in order to rt5ist the plqlloscra. The common wild frostgrapcl( /-2:fi~ UU~/I~UU) is the most. popular stock. The union in thesecases tnust not be mllclt I)elow the grottntl, unless it is desired thatthe riot1 take root; ‘1’11~ union is sometimes wound with waxedmuslin and the earth is heaped about it until it llas heakd. Grapescan he graftt-ld b?y tlita cleft-graft, ljelow gt-ottn(l as readily as pears orapples can 1x1 worked. For pictxrcts of \,arious methods of graftingthe grape. s~‘(’ Figs. 172, 1 iis, I!)?, 195. Fig. iii-5 rcprcsents agood 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 bebudded by- orclin:tt:y ttrc~~!:oc-Is.Seed-grafting is a cttrious pr;i