﻿102 SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



it certainty does not occur in many parts of Georgia and South Caro- 

 lina, as is plainly indicated by the following letters which I give 

 entire, because they show how thorough were the observations, and 

 describe the character of the soils in which said observations were 

 made. Yet I have such faith in the general distribution of the insect 

 in the country east of the Rocky Mountains that I fully expect that 

 it will yet be found even in Georgia and South Carolina; and I half 

 suspect that the failure of Messrs. Ravenel and Berckmans to find it, 

 is owing perhaps more to an exceptional season, unfavorable to its 

 development, than to its non-existence there. However, suspectingis 

 not knowing, and here are the facts, as they are given : 



Dear Sib: I am in receipt of yours of 25th inst., requestinoj me to give you the 

 result of my various examinations for Phylloxera. 



Having been appointed by the American Pomological Society at the Boston meet- 

 ing last year, one of a committee lo examine and report in regard to the matter, I have 

 made this season as careful and comprehensive an examination as 1 could well do. 

 What I had to say on the subject has been already sent on to one of the committee to 

 be embodied in the report. As it consists simply of the results of my examination, a 

 statement of the facts which came under my observation, I will ver}' cheerfully repeat 

 them here. I confess to a surprise at not linding a Phjiloxera, but yet I feel perfectly 

 satisfied that my examinations were as carelul and thorough as it was possible. I offer 

 no opinion, but give simply a statement of facts taken from my notes made at the time. 

 June 15, 1874 — Examined to-day 4 Isabella and 1 Black July vine, and also 1 War- 

 ren, (Herbemont,) in my garden; all old vines. I could find no trace 

 of insect life, neitlier eggs nor young lice upon the young rootlets, nor 

 the effects of former ravages on the older roots. 

 June 17, 1874— Examined the following in vineyard of Rev. T. II. Cornish, and with his 

 assistance, viz.: 5 Chasselas de Fontainbleaux, 1 Muscat of Alexandria, 

 2 Catawba, 1 Pauline and 1 Isabella. 



These vines are from twelve to fifteen years old, generally quite 

 healthy and the fruit, up to a few days ago, free of rot ; now more rot 

 on the Warren. No trace of insect life on the young, or on older roots, 

 or on any of them. 

 July 24, 1874 — Examined 2 Isabella and 1 Warren in my own garden ; and in Mr. Cor- 

 nish's vineyard, 1 Chasselas, 1 IMuscat of Alexandria, 1 Catawba and 3 

 Warren. Found nothing. 

 Aug. 22, 1874 — Examined 2 Isabellas in my own garden ; found nothing. 

 Sept. 9, 1874 — Went over to Mr. Berckmans' Fruitland Nursery, near Augusta, Georgia, 

 and made an examination of vines in various parts of his grounds, of 

 several different varieties and under different modes of cultivation. I 

 had the benefit of Mr. de Hardy's assistance in all my examinations, as 

 he had seen the Pliylloxera in Fi-ance and was familiar with its appear- 

 ance, and the effects of its ravages. In each case the whole vine was 

 dug up carefully and the roots subjected to a close and scrutinizing 

 examniation. We found no trace whatever of the insects, nor the effect 

 of any ravages in previous years upon the older roots. We took speci- 

 mens from 7 different vineyards, some under cultivation and others 

 thrown out for a year or two. 

 1 Israella, 7 years old, uncultivated for one year. 

 1 Clinton, 12 years old, uncultivated for one year. 

 1 Clinton, 3 years old. under cultivation. 

 1 Catawba, 15 years old, out of cultivation two years. 

 1 Golden Clinton, 4 years old, "] 



1 Concord, 3 years old, | 



1 Wilder, 3 years old, [- Under cultivation. 



1 Northern Muscatine, 3 years old, ( 

 1 White Riesling, 3 years old, J 



1 Taylor, 4 years old, cultivated. 

 1 Alvey, 6 years old, uncultivated for one year. 



The above is simply a transcript from my notes, and is at your disposal. I feel 

 satisfied that had the Phylloxera been present, it could not have escaped my observa- 



