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low lying; no special care given attacked vines; crop, 88 tons; cooperage, 75,000 gallons, of 

 which 25,000 is oak and 50,000 redwood. 



John H. Wheeler, St. Helena. Total, 100 acres; in bearing, 90 acres; will plant 20 acres; 

 infested by phylloxera, 50 acres, 10 of which will bear but one cfop more; planted to 

 resistants, 25 acres, 15 of which are to Riparia and 10 to Lenoir; of the 25 acres, 15 are 

 grafted and bearing, and 10 grafted but not bearing; soil loam; viney-ard low lyi 

 Orleans, Riesling, and Tokay have resisted longest among European varieties; crop, 

 tons; cooperage, 330,000 gallons, 170,000 of which is oak and 160,000 is redwood. 



Mr. Wheeler was formerly connected with the State Viticultural Commission, as Chief 

 Executive Officer and as Secretary, and has embodied his experiences and observations 

 in many articles. He finds that the light-bearing vines are the most resistant, and 

 favors Riparia for stock. 



H. White, St. Helena. Total, 15 acres; all in bearing; soil loam; vineyard low lying; 

 crop, 25 tons. 



J. W. Williams, St. Helena. Total, 42 acres; all in bearing; infested by phylloxera, 15 

 acres, 3 of which will bear but one crop more; soil gravelly; vineyard low lying; crop, 95 

 tons. 



F. Worst, St. Helena. Total, 25 acres; in bearing, 22 acres; infested by phylloxera. 5 

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

 exposure west; crop, 40 tons. 



This vineyard is going rapidly. 



Worrell & Ward, St. Helena. Total, 28 acres; in bearing, 24 acres; infested by phyllox- 

 era, 15 acres, 5 of which will bear but one crop more; planted to Lenoir, 7 acres; none yet 

 grafted; soil gravelly; vineyard low lying; no particular care given attacked vines, and 

 all go alike; crop, 30 tons; cooperage, 50,000 gallons, all redwood. 



Tlie proprietors will pull up 8 acres of vines this winter. 



J. York, St. Helena. Total, 40 acres; in bearing, 35 acres; infested by phylloxera. 20 

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

 lying; Tokay has been fairly resistant; crop, 100 tons. 



W. E. York, St. Helena. Total, 33 acres; in bearing, 20 acres; infested by phylloxera, 20 

 acres, of which 5 will bear but one crop more; soil gravelly; vineyard low lying; crop, 

 64 tons. 



Mr. York was one of a committee to inspect the vineyards in the valley last season. 

 He is very much in favor of Riparia, as, generally speaking, Lenoir has not given as great 

 a degree of satisfaction. 



E. Zange, St. Helena. Total, 33 acres; in bearing, 30 acres; planted to Lenoir, 5 acres, 2 

 of which are not yet grafted; soil gravelly; vineyard low lying; no difference in attacked 

 vines in the valley; crop, 71 tons; cooperage, 60,000 gallons, half oak and half redwood. 



Mr. Zange was one of the committee that examined the vineyards where resistants 

 have been planted for several years. He is in favor of Lenoir because of its rapid growth, 

 it being ready to graft much earlier than Riparia. 



L. Zierngibl, St. Helena. Total, 50 acres; all in blearing; soil gravelly; vineyard low 

 lying; crop, 74 tons. 



