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lying; crop, 25 tons; cooperage, 80,000 gallons, of^ which 5,000 gallons is oak and |75,000 

 is redwood. 



Chas. Menneger, Rutherford. Total, 8 acres; all in bearing; infested by phylloxera, 3 

 acres, of which 1 acre is good for only one crop more; soil gravelly loam; vineyard low 

 lying; crop, 20 tons. 



A. Montgomery, Rutherford. Total, 68 acres; in bearing, 60 acres; infested by phylloxera, 

 20 acres, o'f which 10 acres are good for only one crop more; soil gravelly; vineyard low- 

 lying; all European varieties succumb alike; diseased vines have received no special 

 treatment; crop, 75 tons. 



J. M. Morton, Rutherford. Total, 20 acres; all in bearing; planted to Riparia, 7 acres, not 

 grafted; soil gravelly; vineyard low lying; crop, 60 tons; cooperage, 14,000 gallons, all of 

 which is redwood. 



Capt. G. Niebaum, Rutherford. Total, 300 acres; in bearing, 250 acres; will replant con- 

 siderable; planted to Riparia, 50 acres, of which 20 acres are grafted and not bearing 

 and 30 acres are not grafted; all grafts are doing well; soil gravelly loam; vineyard 

 low lying and upland; crop, 408 tons; cooperage, 350,000 gallons, of which 100,000 is oak 

 and 250,000 is redwood. . 



Considerable pains have been taken in this vineyard with resistants. Riparia are 

 most in favor; they have done well and -given satisfaction. Will continue to replant. 

 Phylloxera is working in the old European vines and a considerable amount will be dug 

 up and replanted each year. The grafted vines are nourishing and doing well. 



William Porter, Rutherford. Total, 50 acres; all in bearing; infested by phylloxera, 10 

 acres, of which 2 acres are good for only one crop more; soil gravelly; vineyard low 

 lying; crop, 115 tons. 



Mrs. Rutherford, Rutherford. Total, 60 acres; in bearing 55 acres; infested by phyl- 

 loxera, 5 acres; soil gravelly loam; vineyard low lying; Golden Chasselas and Tokay have 

 proved most resistant; crop, 125 tons; cooperage, 50,000 gallons, of which 10,000 is oak and 

 40,000 is redwood. 



Very little phylloxera. 



N. Sawyer, Rutherford. Total, 30 acres; all in bearing; infested by phylloxera, 10 acres, 

 of which 3 acres are good for only one crop more; soil gravelly loam; vineyard low lying; 

 <;rop, 75 tons. 



C. E. Smith, Rutherford. Total, 5 acres; in bearing, 3 acres; soil loam; vineyard up- 

 land; exposure west; all European varieties succumb alike; crop, nothing to speak of; 

 cooperage, 30,000 gallons, all of which is redwood. 



The vines are going fast. 



Chas. Thompson, Rutherford. Total, 40 acres; all in bearing; planted to Riparia, 8 acres; 

 all grafted* and not bearing; soil gravelly; vineyard low lying; crop, 75 tons. 



Resistants grafted to Tokays have not proved entirely successful, because of failure to 

 remove the rootlets from the scions; they were grafted too deep. 



B. Wagnon, Rutherford. Total, 27 acres; in bearing, 24 acres; infested by phylloxera, 

 10 acres, of which 3 acres are good for only one crop more; soil gravelly; vineyard low 

 lying; all European varieties succumb alike; crop, 35 tons. 



A. Borel & Co., Yountville (Groezinger Vineyard). Total, 125 acres; in bearing, 65 acres; 

 will replant 25 acres; infested by phylloxera, 42 acres, 30 of which will bear but one crop 

 more; planted to resistants, 83 acres, of which 52 are in Riparia, 30 in Californica, 1,150 

 vines of Lenoir, and a few Rupestris vines; of these resistants, 30 acres are grafted and 

 bearing, 12 acres grafted but not bearing, and 41 acres not yet grafted; on Riparia all 

 varieties did well, and the same is true with the few Rupestris vines tried; Petite Syrah 

 has done well on Lenoir, but all others have failed, while on Californica and Arizonica 

 all varieties did well for the first two or three vears, and then all failed; soil is shallow-, 

 and on the low land heavy, cold, and wet; one fourth of the vineyard is upland, and the 

 soil is deep and rich; exposure northeast, north, and east; Tokay and Lenoir have 

 resisted well; attacked vines have been treated with all known and proposed remedies; 

 crop, 152 tons; cooperage, 320,000 gallons, of which 210,000 is oak and 110,000 redwood. 



Mr. Greninger, the Superintendent, has experimented for the past eight years with 

 all the different varieties of resistant vines, and finds that the Lenoir and Californica 

 will not withstand the attack of the phylloxera. Rupestris, Arizonica, Herbemont, and 

 others did fairly well in certain places only. Riparia has done the best on all kinds of 

 soil, and has succeeded best with different kinds and varieties of grafts. The original 

 vineyard was of 402 acres, with 83 varieties of grapes. All the hill vineyard is now 

 being abandoned, on account of being too expensive to care for and work. 



E.Breseind, Yountville. Total, 30 acres; in bearing, 25 acres; will replant 5 acres; infested 

 by phylloxera, 5 acres, of which 2 acres are good for only one crop more; soil loam; vine- 

 yard low lying; exposure northwest; all European varieties succumb alike; crop, 45 tons; 

 Cooperage, 15,000 gallons, all of which is oak. 



