About Grafting Vines

Ever since the great plague of the phylloxera in the 19th century,the ground was permeated by those destructive aphids and it remained quite impossible to grow the old-style vines American vines,however,were more resistant to the phylloxera,though the wine produced from their grapes was considered inferior To get the best of both worlds,American stocks (riparia) or,more frequently,hybrid stocks bred by crossing American with native vines,were planted and when they were established the native vines were grafted on to them...