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fine vegetation and the scions have always given a good and constant pro- 

 duction. 



P. 779 (Catarratto X Berlandieri) is very suitable for light sandy or 

 calcareous soils and continues to do well in the experimental vineyard of 

 Casa Bianca. It has given the most satisfactory results on deep loam 

 soils which are not too dry (experimental vineyard of Spadafora) ; in such 

 conditions it grows freely and bears productive scions. 



P. 1548 (Berlandieri X Aramon Rupestris) has a normal development 

 and a normal and constant productivity on deep loam soils which are very 

 compact (experimental vineyard of Roccazzo) . In the experimental vine- 

 yard of Mazara on a light, calcareous soil with a compact and strongly 

 calcareous sub-soil this number shows a fine vegetative growth after 

 three years both as a free stock and as a graft. 



1742 (Berlandieri X Rupestris du I^ot) and P. 1902 (Catarratto x 

 Rupestris du Lot) are well adapted to deep, compact, loams, like those of 

 Roccazzo, where they have done well for several years. 



Riparia x Rupestris N^ 2 A, selection P, has been derived from the 

 selection of plants obtained from seeds of Rupestris. It is easity propagated 

 by cuttings, develops rapidly and gives a luxuriant vegetative growth. 



It grafts successfully and produces fruitful plants. It is specially 

 suitable to medium loams which are not ver^' compact but fairly deep and 

 moist. 



6) Nursery at Palmi and at Nicastro {Calabria). — The reproduction 

 of some Riparia plants from seed and the formation of Calabrian-Ameri- 

 can hybrids has been started, but it is not yet possible to give the results 

 of the work. 



7) Experimental vineyard of Spadafora {Sicily). — At Syracuse the 

 late Prof. Antonio Ruggeri, with the assistance of Cavahere Beniamino 

 Antoci, began to select American vines grown from seed, especially plants 

 of Berlandieri : he also began to cross Berlandieri, and Rupestris du lyot, 

 with some of the most popular local vines. When transferred to ]\Iilazzo, 

 he took with him young plants produced at Syracuse and continued 

 and extended the work of hybridisation. As the nature of the soil of the 

 nursery at Milazzo did not allow him to undertake conclusive trials, he 

 established an experimental vineyard at Spadafora. Here he brought to a 

 successful termination some experimental trials worthy of mention, both 

 with vines due to his own efforts and with those produced by Grimaldi 

 and Paulsen as well as with some types of Berlandieri selected at Bar- 

 letta. Trials were also carried out in private vineyards on various 

 types of soil infested with phylloxera ; the soil was in some cases clayey 

 and compact, in others of medium consistancy and fertile, or again light 

 and poor. It is, in consequence, possible to bring together obser\^ations 

 which indicate that certain vines tested over long periods, are suitable 

 for introduction into general cultivation. The introduction of such vines 

 is of special importance, as the decay of the vineyards reconstituted with 

 stocks from beyond the Alps has shown the necessity of reconstitution 



