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Title: Our native grape. Grapes and their culture. Also descriptive list of old and new varieties
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: C. Mitzky & Co
Subjects: Grapes Grapes Viticulture
Publisher: Rochester, N.Y., W. W. Morrison, printer
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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t. They will make good strong plants the first year,much better than can be grown from cuttings and layers. JOINTEDGRAFTS. ^o OUR NATIVE GRAPE. The grafts should be as nearlyas possible corresponding in sizeor thickness with the stock andwith two eyes. In preparingsplit and cut precisely the graftsin the same manner as the stock,except only that the cleft andlevel will be at the lowerextremity instead of at theupper. The scion as well as the stockshould be cut as shown in theengraving, by means of a verysharp knife and also slit in tothe depth of one inch and ahalf to three inches, accordingto the size of the stock to begrafted. The joining of thegraft and stock is an easy mat-ter, but care should be takenthat the union is perfect atleast on one side. After thistie the new made graft withstring or with Raffia, whichlately has been used consider-able by nurserymen for buddingand grafting. Take off the out-side bark in whip grafting, thesame as should be done in allother Grape grafting.
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WHIP GRAFTING—IN-ROOTED VINE. Wagner System. A very successful method on eld or good sized vines which have been productiveof sure and best results, is performed considerable in some sections of New York andinvolves the use .of the Wagner grafting saw. This grafting consists of sawing a OUR NATIVE GRAPE. 4r notch or slot for the scion in the stock after it has been smoothly taken oflF several inches below the ground instead of being split down through the center, as in most other methods, when vines of any considerable size are to be grafted. These slots for the scions are cut diagonally from the top of the stock outward and downward running to the outside an inch and a half or two inches from the top and deep enough so that the bark of the scions can be made to match with that of the stock, as far down and perfectly as possible and the scion should be so nicely shaped with a sharp knife, that they will perfectly fill the slot intended for them and so snugly as to require no tying u

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