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Joaru'd of A griculi iiit\ Virtoiid. [10 June, 1916. 



Professor Ravaz gives the following list of stocks suitable for dry 

 situations : — 



Rich, dry, shallow soils, with stiff subsoil. — Riparia 106.8, 420A, 

 41B. 



Poor, dry, shallow soil.— 3306, 3309, 41B, 420A. 



Rich, drv. deep soil (friable subsoil).— Riparia, 106.8, 420A, 41B, 

 3306, and 3309. 



Poor, dry, deep soil.— Rupestrs du Lot, 3306, 3309, 420A, and 41B. 

 If the soil is very wet in winter and very dry in summer, as sometimes 

 happens, 1202 and A. R.G.I. 



It may come as a surprise to some to see the old Riparia still men- 

 tioned. It is not suitable for Australian conditions. It will be also 

 noted that 41B and 420A are recommended for all the above soils. 



Professor Ravaz's advice concerning stocks to produce high gravity 

 musts is also interesting — in his opinion it is stocks with Riparia like be- 



Bench grafted rooted vines, 9 montlis old, State Nursery, Wahgunyab. 



haviour which should be selected — one requires vines with slow and regular 

 vegetation, the activity of which ceases early in the season. In a word, 

 the vines should behave in as nearly as possible the same way as though 

 they were growing on a dry hillside. The stocks recommended are 

 Riparia Gloire, 106.8, 420A ; and 3306, 3309, and 101.14, if the soil be 

 poor. 



For sandy soils strong growers are not recommended. Their fruit 

 would not set. Vialla (an old-fashioned stock in France) is recom- 

 mended, as well as 106.8 and 420a. The Riparia and Rupestris hybrids 

 (3306, 3309, and 101.14) grow rather too vigorously on sandy soils. 



Malbeck grafted on du Lot has proved an unhappy union in most 

 of our vineyards. The setting of the fruit is very unsatisfactory. 

 Numerous experiments conducted last spring have had no appreciable 

 results. A method worth trying is extra early pruning to weaken the 



