lo March, 1909.] Zantc Currants Grafted on Resistant Stocks. 



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Corinth currant vine. The Muscat flavour of this grape would hint at 

 one of its parents having been a Muscat-flavoured variety, possibly the 

 Muscat of Alexandria, so largely grown in eastern countries. Partial 

 reversion to this tvpe, though exceedingh curious, is not impossible, and 

 it is in this direction that the solution of this strange puzzle will probably 

 be found. At the present stage, it is premature to say more on the sub- 

 ject, but further developments will be anxiously looked for. It is to 

 be hoped that any vine-growers who note among their vines, anything of a 

 similar nature, w)il immediately communicate their observation to Mr. 

 McAlpine. 



ZANTE CURRANTS GRAFTED OX RESISTANT STOCKS. 



p. A. Wyatt, Travelling Asi->istaut Vitictiltiirist. 



It is often asserted that the Zante currant vine " does not do well on 



Ann-ri'-an n-sistan s^l^ks." The accompanying illustrations of Zante 



ZANTE CURRAN'T ON RUPESTRIS ME TALLICA (CAPE). 



currant vines grafted on to resista;!t stocks should go to prove that the 

 assertion is not a correct one. The photographs are those of vines 

 growing at Mr. C. J. Nash's '■' Elysium " Vineyard, Broken River, 

 Nalinga. 



The soil on which they are planted is sandy alluvial, river bank 

 loam, about 25 feet above summer level. The vineyard has never been 

 irrigated in any way. The vines are planted 12 x 10 feet apart, are 

 trellised, and were this season cinctured with a single incision only. 



The crop on the vines M^hen the photographs were taken would yield 

 considerably over a ton of very excellent qualitv of dried fruit to the 

 acre. 



