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as the prickly pear is looked upon as a great soil robber. These hedges 

 are also becoming unpopular as they afford protection for vermin. 



My grateful thanks are due to all those who assisted me in the work 

 of my mission. Though I received valuable information from growers 

 and merchants, too numerous to mention individually, I cannot refrain 

 from more particularly thanking those whom I had the good fortune to 

 meet frequently. To Don Pedro Gonzalez y Soto, managing partner in 

 the well known firm of Gonzalez, Byass, and Co., I am most particularly 

 inaebted. Most of the information I have collected concerning the making 

 and rearing of Sherry was imparted to me in the most generous spirit by 

 Don Pedro in the magnificent Bodegas (wine stores) of his firm tO' which 

 I paifl repeat:ed visits. He also placed his numerous fine vinevards at 



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A VINEYARD FENCE NEAR JEREZ. 



my disposal for the study of problems connected with reconstitution. Mr. 

 Walter Buck, British Vice-Consul at Jerez, and partner in the firm of 

 Sandeman, Buck, and Coy., gave me similar generous aid, as also did 

 Don Francisco Ivison y O'Neale, Don Manoel Domecq, Don Jose de 

 Soto, and Messrs. Diez Hermanos. To Don Fernando Garcia Riquelme 

 1 am indebted for much valuable information, more especially in con- 

 uexion with soil analyses and the chemistry of the whines of Jerez. From 

 Don E. Noriega, Director of the Granja or Government Experimental 

 Station, I also received valued assistance. To these gentlemen and to 

 those others whose names want of space has prevented mv mentioning 

 here, I take this opportunitv of tendering mv sincere thanks. 



