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Carver Estate, St. Helena. Total, 16 acres; all in bearing; infested by phylloxera, 2 

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

 all European varieties succumb alike; crop, 10 tons. m 



This vineyard is going slowly but surely. 



W. H. Castner, St. Helena. Total, 30 acres; all in bearing; infested by phylloxera, 5 

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

 crop, 70 tons. 



Vineyards in this vicinity are badly affected with phylloxera, and comparatively few 

 of the owners have planted resistants. 



W.H. Castner, Jr., St. Helena. Total, 30 acres; all in bearing; infested by phylloxera; 3 

 acres, of which 1 acre will bear but one crop more; soil loam; vineyard low lying; crop, 

 60 tons; cooperage, 40,000 gallons, all redwood. 



Chabot Estate, St. Helena. Total, 25 acres; in bearing, 20 acres; will replant 4 or 5 

 acres; planted to Riparia, 10 acres, of which 4 are grafted but not bearing, and 6 not yet 

 grafted; soil gravelly loam; vineyard low lying and upland; exposure east and south- 

 east; Burger has resisted fairly well; crop, 40 tons; cooperage, 15,000 gallons, of which 

 3,000 is oak and 12,000 redwood. 



A. Chaix, St. Helena. Total, 25 acres; all in bearing; soil loam; vineyard upland; crop, 

 63 tons; cooperage, 8,000 gallons, all redwood. 



M. Chevalier, St. Helena. Total, 40 acres; all in bearing; soil loam; vineyard mountain; 

 exposure north; crop, 120 tons; cooperage, 50,000 gallons, of which 10,000 gallons is oak 

 and 40,000 redwood. 



Mr. Chevalier has just completed a very fine stone cellar, with a slate roof and of 

 large capacity. He has expended $20,000 or thereabouts in improvements. His vine- 

 yard is 4 miles from St. Helena on the Spring Mountain road. No phylloxera has yet 

 appeared in this or the neighboring vineyards or but little. There are few resistants 

 in this locality. 



D. Cole, St. Helena. Total, 30 acres; in bearing, 28 acres; infested by phylloxera, 3 

 acres, of which 1 will bear but one crop more; soil gravelly loam; vineyard low lying; 

 crop, 56 tons. 



Conrad & Co., St. Helena. Total, 70 acres; all in bearing; soil loam; vineyard mount- 

 a n; exposure north and west; crop, 200 tons. 



This vineyard is on Spring Mountain, which is a favored locality, as phylloxera has 

 not yet made its appearance, and frost did no damage in the spring of 1892. 



M. C. Cook, St. Helena Total, 5 acres; all in bearing; soil loam; vineyard low lying; 

 crop, 8 tons. 



W. Courtay, St. Helena. Total, 35 acres; all in bearing; soil reddish loam; vineyard 

 upland; exposure north and west; crop, 82 tons. 



T. Cragen, St. Helena. Total, 20 acres; in bearing, 15 acres; will replant 5 acres; infested 

 by phylloxera, 15 acres, of which 5 will bear but one crop more; soil gravelly loam; vine- 

 yard low lying; crop, 30 tons. 



Dr. G. B. Crane, St. Helena. Total, 115 acres; in bearing, 112 acres; infested by phyllox- 

 era, 10 acres, 3 of which will bear but one crop more; soil gravelly; vineyard low lying; 

 no difference among attacked European vines; crop, 210 tons. 



The soil is rather light in portions of the vineyard, and the gravel is washed from 

 the hills. Portions of the vineyard were rooted up last year. More vines are going fast, 

 and the vineyard can last but a few years longer. 



J. Cresley, St. Helena. Total, 34 acres; in bearing, 32 acres; infested. by phylloxera, 5 

 acres, of which 2 acres are good for only one crop more; crop, 44 tons. 

 This vineyard was badly frosted. 



J. Dowdell, St. Helena. Total, 20 acres; in bearing, 18 acres; soil gravel and black loam; 

 vineyard low lying; Tokay has proved fairly resistant; crop, 30 tons. 

 Mr Dowdell has charge of Bourn's cellar, and makes wine there. 



W. Eckert, St. Helena. Total, 28 acres; in bearing, 24 acres; infested by phylloxera, 4 

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

 all European varieties succumb alike; crop, 55 tons. 



Will uproot 3 or 4 acres in the spring. 



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all EuropeaiTvarieties succumb alike; crop, 210 tonsf cooperage, 256,000 gallons, of which 

 1-25,000 is oak and 131,000 is redwood. . 



"In replanting will set out Lenoir on hillside ana Riparia in the valley. I think this 

 practice best. In setting out resistants one needs to select soil adapted to the different 

 kinds." 



