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ST. HELENA DISTRICT. 



CHILES AND CONN VALLEYS. 



Robt. Black, Chiles Valley. Total, 10 acres; all in bearing; soil loam; vineyard low- 

 lying; crop, 14 tons. 



J. Booth, Chiles Valley. Total, 6 acres; all in bearing; soil loam; vineyard low lying; 

 crop, 8 tons. 



J. Brown, Chiles Valley. Total, 25 acres; all in bearing; soil loam; vineyard low lying; 

 crop, 32 tons. 



J. B. Chiles, Chiles Valley. Total, 12 acres; all in bearing; soil loam; vineyard low lying; 

 crop, 16 tons. 



"In Chiles Valley proper there are several small vineyards, and in only three or four of 

 these have resistants been planted. The yield this year was very light, on account of 

 the frost in the spring. Phylloxera is attacking the vines, and in a few years there will 

 be .but very few vineyards. The valley is small, only 8 or 10 miles long, one quarter to 

 one half of a mile wide, and is 13 miles from St. Helena. It has only one or two cellars." 



J. G. Clark, Chiles Valley. Total, 12 acres; all in bearing; soil loam; vineyard low lying; 

 crop, 16 tons. 



Geo. Hussmann, Chiles Valley. Total, 35 acres; in bearing, 23 acres; planted to Kiparia. 

 3 acres, grafted and bearing, and ^Estivalis, 9 acres, which are not yet grafted; the Green 

 Hungarian grafts have succeeded best; soil loam; vineyard low lying; exposure south 

 and west; crop, 65 tons; cooperage, 60,000 gallons, of which 35,000 is oak and 25,000 is red- 

 wood. ; 



" I think Kiparia the best resistant to use, for it is more easily propagated, and takes 

 scion quicker and better than Lenoir. On Riparia I got 99 per cent grafts by careful work. 

 I see no difference between the black and gray Riparia. My grafts are growing finely and 

 bearing well." This vineyard looks very fine^ the soil is rich and deep, and the grafts are 

 growing vigorously. Phylloxera is gaining a foothold in neighboring vineyards. Cut- 

 tings are preferred in planting rather than rooted vines, for Mr. Hussmann thinks 

 replanting checks the growth of rooted vines. 



Louis Kiel-man, Chiles Valley. Total, 11 acres; all in bearing; will replant very little; 

 soil loam; vineyard low lying; crop, 15 tons. 



Miss Manning, Chiles Valley. Total, 10 acres; all in bearing; soil loam; vineyard low 

 lying; crop, 12 tons. 



M. Murry, Chiles Valley. Total, 10 acres; all in bearing; soil loam; vineyard low lying; 

 crop, 12 tons. 



R. Rutherford, Chiles Valley. Total, 12 acres; all in bearing; soil loam; vineyard low 

 lying; crop, 15 tons. 



F. Sievers, Chiles Valley. Total, 25 acres; in bearing, 8 acres; planted to Riparia, 24> 

 acres, and to Lenoir, 1% acres; of which 8 acres are grafted and in bearing, 8 acres are 

 grafted and not bearing, and 9 acres are not yet grafted; Sauvignon Vert grafts have 

 proved most successful; soil loam; vineyard upland; exposure west and south; crop, 15 

 tons; cooperage, 3,000 gallons, of which 2,500 is oak and 500 is redwood. 



Mr. Sievers planted resistants wholly, commencing about 6 years ago. From some of 

 his oldest grafts he obtained 35 pounds each vear. Sauvignon Vert vines are growing- 

 well, and he is well pleased with the success he has had with the resistants. He has 

 mostly Riparia roots, but finds there is a great deal of work in suckering them, and has 

 found resistants must not be grafted top early. If Lenoir and Riparia were equally resist- 

 ant there is less work with Lenoir, as it groVs faster and does not sucker much* if any. 

 Seedling Riparias are not worth bothering with. They grow slowly, the stock is very 

 crooked, and it is almost impossible to graft them well. Rooted cuttings are the best to 

 plant, although replanting them checks their growth, but if propagated (rooted) in the 

 nursery but a small amount of ground is required to grow them, and little area to go 

 over in so doing. If set out in the vineyard before being rooted there is a large amount 

 of ground to go over, and it is far more expensive than if rooted in the nursery. Mr. 

 Sievers sells many cuttings and rooted vines of resistants. 



Mrs. R. M. Wheeler, Chiles Valley. Total, 25 acres; all in bearing; very little is infested 

 by phylloxera; soil loamy; vineyard low lying; crop, 62 tons. 



