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Tokays on their own roots there are 6 acres, partly but not whofly resistant, but will 

 not do on soil in which the disease exists, as they grow slowly and sometimes bear, but 

 finally succumb; soil light sandy loam; slightly rolling; westerly exposure; infested 

 vines'have been taken up and Riparia and Lenoir vines have been put in; crop, 30 tons. 

 Mr. Drahms has great faith in resistant stocks. He thinks it a question of out a few 

 years when all other vineyards will be dead, and that then those planted to resistant 

 roots will become very valuable. 



Dresel, Carl, Sonoma. Total, 45 acres; acres in bearing, 23; all in wine grapes; acres in 

 resistants, 45; all resistants, except a few, Lenoir and Elvira; soil volcanic, some lime, 

 chalk, and gravelly loam; upland; southwestern exposure; crop, 90 tons; made 13,000 

 gallons of wine last year. 



Dresel & Co., Sonoma. Total, 85 acres; all wine grapes; 60 acres in bearing; all resist- 

 ants, the phylloxera having taken the entire old vineyard Riparia, 75 acres; Lenoir, 5 

 acres; Elvira, 4 acres; Taylor, 1 acre; grafted and in bearing, 60 acres; grafted and not in 

 bearing, 25 acres; all varieties succeed well on resistant stocks, especially the Riparia; 

 great variety of soil, gravelly, light, and sandy loam; upland; southwest exposure; none 

 of the European varieties proved resistant; made from home vineyard, 37,000 gallons of 

 wine; entire vintage, 115,000 gallons; stock of wine on hand, 250,000 gallons; cooperage, 

 359,000 gallons, of which 295,000 gallons is oak and 64,000 gallons is redwood. 



The two Dresel vineyards, that of Mr. Gundlach and of the Henry Winkle estate, con- 

 stitute the famous purchase of 1857 by the elder Dresel and his associates, with some 

 additions since secured. Phylloxera attacked these vineyards in 1874 and 1875. In 1878 

 experiments with resistants were begun. The Taylor and Riparia were the first tried. 

 Since then all resistants have been tried in these vmevards, and all the leading varieties 

 of wine grapes have been used as grafts. Mr. Dresel has least confidence in the Taylor 

 and Elvira. The vineyards on the Dresel and Gundlach places show superior care and 

 cultivation, the vines being vigorous and entirely healthy. The winery is supplied with 

 water from an artesian well, which was secured after almost a fortune had been spent on 

 experiments. 



Duerson, John, Perm's Grove. Total, 8 acres; all in bearing, and all wine grapes; gravelly 

 loam; mountain; northeast exposure; crop, 8 tons. 



Dunn, T. M., Sonoma. Total, 40 acres; nearly all dead, killed by phylloxera; has planted 

 10 acres of resistants, half each of Riparia and Lenoir; all grafted, but not yet in bear- 

 ing; soil light gravel; low lying; southern exposure; no crop worth considering. 



Emfiaran, Mrs. Lulu Vallejo, Sonoma. Total, 25 acres; acres in bearing, 25, of which 20 

 acres' are wine and 5 are table grapes; infested by phylloxera, 1 acre, which will be good 

 for but one more crop; 24 acres appear healthy; soil very fertile, alluvial; low lying; 

 southern exposure; crop, 30 tons. About 70 acres of Zinfandel and Mission grapes on 

 this place died in the ten years from 1878 to 1888. 



Engler, George, Sonoma. Total, 12 acres; all wine grapes and just beginning to bear; 

 all resistants (Lenoir); grafted; soil black loam; low lying; southern exposure; no crop 

 reported; stock of wine on hand, 3,000 gallons; cooperage, 20,000 gallons, half being oak 

 and half redwood. 



Erskine & Hinshaw, Sonoma. Total, 36 acres; in bearing, 20 acres; wine grapes, 5 acres; 

 table grapes, 31 acres; a part of the old Haraszthy vineyard, all the old vines having been 

 killed by phylloxera; resistants, 5 acres (Riparia), the other varieties occupying 31 acres; 

 soil red gravel; low lying; southern and western exposure; crop, 7 tons, the vineyard 

 having just begun bearing. 



Ewell Estate, Sonoma. Total, 20 acres; all table grapes; the young vines just coming 

 into bearing; red soil; low lying; southern exposure; crop, 9 tons. 



Fair, Jas. G., Lakeville. Total, 300 acres; all in wine grapes; in bearing, 300 acres; 

 infested by phylloxera, 38 acres; good for only one more crop, 10 acres; good for more 

 than another crop, 28 acres; some replanting to resistants where other vines have died 

 out; soil black loam, gravel, and adobe; upland; south and west exposure; crop, 600 tons; 

 stock of wine on hand, 550,000 gallons; cooperage, 600,000 gallons, all reported as redwood. 



This is the former William Bihler place. Until within the past year or two it was 

 supposed to be free from phylloxera, but the ravages of the fly are now plainly marked. 

 It is intended to replant with resistant vines as rapidly as the old vines die out, and to 

 add one half to the acreage of the vineyard soon by planting resistant vines. 



Faithful, Charles, El Verano. Total, 5 acres; table grapes; light gravelly soil; lowland; 

 southern exposure; young vines, no crop being reported:. 



Fischer, George, Sonoma. Total, 10 acres; all in bearing, and all wine grapes; all infested 

 with phylloxera; good for one more crop, 5 acres, and for more than another crop, 5 acres; 

 soil black loam; low lying; southern exposure; crop, 25 tons; stock of wine on nand, 700 

 gallons; cooperage, 20,000 gallons, all redwood. Mr. Fischer says that he will not plant 

 resistant vines, but as his vines die out will go out of the business. 



Formschlag, John, Perm's Grove. Total, 5 acres; all wine grapes, and all in bearing; soil 

 gravelly loam; upland; southeast exposure; crop, 7 tons; makes a little wine and sells 

 to his neighbors; has about 300 gallons on hand. 



