. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. Fig. 9.—Whip Graft. Wall until after the house containing the stocks is closed for starting. A\nien the buds on the stocks begin to break freely, introduce the pots containing the grafts into a warm house in order to get them also into a state of excitement. When the terminal bud on the headed stock has made a growth con- taining three or four leaves, prepare the graft, and fit it on immediately opposite the shoot, which must be carefully protected from injury during and after the operation, as the loss of this shoot would end in failuie. Bind well wit
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. Fig. 9.—Whip Graft. Wall until after the house containing the stocks is closed for starting. A\nien the buds on the stocks begin to break freely, introduce the pots containing the grafts into a warm house in order to get them also into a state of excitement. When the terminal bud on the headed stock has made a growth con- taining three or four leaves, prepare the graft, and fit it on immediately opposite the shoot, which must be carefully protected from injury during and after the operation, as the loss of this shoot would end in failuie. Bind well with good matting, clay up in the usual manner, and add a little moss to prevent it from cracking, as well as to retain moisture through- out the day after syringing. When all is complete, pinch the point out of the young shoot on the stock to throw a flush of sap into the scion, and gradually cut away the remainder when the graft has started into vigorous growth. To those who have never practised this kind of grafting, the annexed sketch will convey all that is needed for their guidance. The late IMr. Cramb, gardener to Earl Ducie at Tortworth Court, invariably grafted ail his vines upon the Hambro' in the following manner:— Having decided upon making a new border, say for. Fig. lU.—Bottle Gi-aft. a house of mixed grapes, young Hambro's were planted for stocks, and allowed to grow one year. These were headed down early in the winter and grafted. Bottle G-rafting.—Another excellent and still more certain method is what is termed " bottle ; The preparations are in every way similar to those recommended for whip grafting; but instead of putting on a short scion, a piece of ripe wood, a foot or more in length, is placed in a bottle of water, and the union is made as follows :— With a sharp knife take a good slice, four inches in length, off the side of the gxaft, commencing at two. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that
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