REPORT OF I. DE EARTH SHORE, 



Commissioner for the State at Large. 



SAN GABRIEL, CAL., October 12, 1892. 



To the Board of State Viticultural Commissioners: 



GENTLEMEN: I herewith submit report of Prof. Ethelbert Dowlen on 

 the condition of the vines of San Diego County. 



j. DEBARTH SHORE, 



Commissioner for the State at Large. 



SAN GABRIEL, CAL., October 12, 1892. 



Hon. J. DEBARTH SHORE, Commissioner for the State at Large: 



SIR: Herewith I beg leave to hand my report on the vineyards of 

 San Diego County, being the result of a tour of inspection taken pursu- 

 ant to your instructions. 



The "Pacific Wine and Spirit Review" of September 20, 1892, con- 

 tained a paragraph to the effect that the "Anaheim disease" had appeared 

 in an old vineyard at Escondido. As this was a district not known 

 hitherto as being affected by the "Anaheim disease," a journey was at 

 once made to inquire into the condition of the vineyards there, as well 

 as in other parts of San Diego County. 



The vineyard referred to in the above-mentioned paragraph was found 

 to be not in the Escondido Valley proper, but in a canon running oft' 

 from it, and some three or four miles from the town of Escondido. The 

 soil is rich and deep, with abundant moisture, but not too much. The 

 vines are of several varieties Mission Muscat, and Black Morocco 

 forming the chief part. The crop was being gathered for shipment East. 

 In this vineyard were a number of vines scattered about which showed 

 evident signs of "Anaheim disease." The affected vines were mostly 

 amongst the Mission vines, and only a few cases were seen amongst the 

 Muscats. The disease had made its first appearance only some eight 

 weeks previous to the visit, and had attacked some of the strongest of 

 the vines, leaving those on the lighter and poorer part of the vineyard 

 unaffected. As this is an entirely new outbreak, it would be interest- 

 ing to know whether the vines will follow the usual course and eventu- 

 ally die, or whether they will recover, as they have done elsewhere in 

 San Diego County. Some of the vines were suffering from sunstroke, 

 and some were affected by a disease of the leaf which has a great resem- 

 blance to the "Anaheim disease," but does not seem to extend beyond 



