﻿168 EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OP THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



behalf of a special committee appointed to report on the condition of 

 American vines there, ^one over the ground so thoroughly, in their 

 report submitted last December, that I refer the reader more particu- 

 larly interested to that paper,* as also to one by my friend Isidor 

 Bush on "American Grape Vines in Europe," read at the last meeting 

 of our State Horticultural Society. This last was published in the 

 Rural World of February 23, and March 1, last, and is a valuable 

 and temperate presentation of the case. 



There has naturally arisen a good deal of feeling and discussion 

 as to the merits of difierent varieties, and this was especially notice- 

 able between the champions of the Concord on the one hand and 

 those of the Clinton on the other; the latter making as much capital 

 as possible out of a statement of mine, made at a special meeting of 

 the Central Agricultural Society of Herault, to the effect that while 

 the Concord is hardy and prolific and resists the Phylloxera so well 

 that it is the popular grape with us, I have nevertheless found vine& 

 dying in exceptional instances and evidently from Phylloxera. 



The demand for some varieties has very much exceeded the sup- 

 ply, as the Summer of 1875 was unfavorable to the growth and ripen- 

 ing of grape wood ; and I very much fear that the French recipients 

 will experience some disappointment in 1876 in the growth of some of 

 their cuttings, and in the nature of others, especially those sent from 

 the South supposed to be the Jacques. 



As a large portion of the grape wood sent over to France has been 

 sent from Missouri, our grape-growers are interested in knowing what 

 the prospects may be for future demands. It is evident that while the 

 demand will not cease entirely, it will never be as great as during 

 1875, for even on the supposition that the varieties of cesiivalis will 

 be grown extensively throughout the Phylloxera district for their own 

 grapes, and that the Clinton, Concord and Taylor will be as exten- 

 sively used as stocks, the French nurserymen will be able from this 

 time forward to measurably, if not entirely, supply the demand. 

 California grape-growers will find it advisable to adopt the same 

 course as have the French ; and a good deal of grape-wood from the 

 East may yet find its way there. 



*Etat des Vignes Americaines daus le Dtpartment de. I'HCrault, pendant 1875. Messager Agricolc^. 

 lOUecembre, 187j. 



