lo May, 191 1.] Yield of Reconstituted Vineyard, Rutherglen. 



355 



The price of the crop has been computed at current local rates, viz.. 

 ^7 per ton. It was thought hardly fair, in view of the high market 

 value of grapes here, to keep the computations so much below actual values 

 as was done last year. 



Our young vines, planted three and two years respectively, made a 

 phenomenal show of fruit. This is largely attributable to the care 

 exercised in preparing the ground, planting, and sub.sequently. Those 

 growers who inspected these were struck with the immense crop and 

 asserted they had never seen it equalled These are table and wine varie- 

 ties. Grapes of the former were packed in cork dust and placed in the 

 Government Cool Stores to test their keeping qualities. Of the latter, 

 we are making wine. For experimental purposes, and to know just the 

 character of wine these new importations will produce under our condi- 

 tions, we have had several small lots made separately into wine as 

 arranged last year. This involves a lot more work, but should be well 

 worth the extra trouble. 



STILL UOLSt: AND CELLAR?. 



As was noted last year, readers are again reminded that these figures 

 must not Ih; taken to indicate the relative value of the various stocks. 

 Once again. Shira/ and MallxiC on Rupestris du Lot come out low in 

 yield. As previously pointed out, this disparity is in no way due to the 

 stock. 'I'he.se varieties on this stock are planted close to the fence and 

 have to find the bulk of the fruit selected and removed by feathered and 

 other thieves. This applies also to both lots of Burgundy. Of the 

 varieties ordered from France by the writer in 1903. and planted out as 

 grafts in September, 1907, viz., Aramon, Alicante Rouschet. and Grand 

 Noir de la Calmette, the returns as given herewith are very promising. 



When over a series of years, in poor soil, an increasing return can 

 be shown, and a gross revenue of over ^30 per acre produced, it must 

 be conceded that there is money in viticulture when intellipMitlv rarrie<] 

 out. 



