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A. B. Alsip, Conn Voile}!. Total, 75 acres; in bearing, 73^ acres; planted to Lenoir, \]4 

 acres, which are not yet grafted; soil gravelly; vineyard upland; exposure west and 

 south; crop, 100 tons; cooperage, 50,000 gallons, of which 20,000 is oak and 30,000 is red- 

 wood. 



P. Conn, Conn Valley. Total, 50 acres; in bearing, 45 acres; will replant 5 acres; in- 

 fested by phylloxera, 10 acres, of which 4 acres are good for only one crop more; soil 

 loam; vineyard upland; exposure south and west; crop, 60 tons. * 



L. Corthay, Conn Valley. Total, 35 acres; all in bearing; soil loam; vineyard upland; 

 exposure west and south; crop, 40 tons; cooperage, 35,000 gallons, of which 20,000 is oak 

 and 15,000 is redwood. 



The frost cut down the grape crop very badly throughout Conn Valley last spring. 



R. Eubanks, Conn Valley. Total, 27 acres; in bearing, 25 acres; infested by phylloxera, 

 3 acres, of which 1 acre is good for only one crop more; soil loam; vineyard upland; ex- 

 posure west and north; all European varieties succumb alike; crop, 20 tons. 



Franco-Swiss Co., Conn Valley. Total, 140 acres; all in bearing; infested by phylloxera, 

 10 acres, of which 4 acres are good for only one crop more; sou loam; vineyard upland; 

 exposure south and west; crop, 160 tons; cooperage, 150,000 gallons, of which 50,000 is oak 

 and 100,000 is redwood. 



L. M. Gianque, Conn Valley. Total, 20 acres; all in bearing; soil loamy; vineyard up- 

 land; exposure west and south; crop, 8 tons. 



No phylloxera is acknowledged, but there is some in the neighboring vineyards. Two 

 or three years will see these Conn Valley vineyards very much reduced. The soil is 

 poor and thin, and with diseased vines the outlook is anything but encouraging. 



L. Glandon, Conn Valley. Total, 27 acres; in bearing, 25 acres; infested by phylloxera, 

 5 acres, of which 2 acres are good for only one crop more; soil loam; vineyard upland; 

 exposure north and west; crop, 30 tons. 



A. Gussot, Conn Valley. Total, 15 acres; all in bearing; soil loam; vineyard upland: 

 crop, 17 tons. 



H. Manske, Conn Valley. Total, 10 acres; all in bearing; soil loam; vineyard upland; 

 crop, 12 tons. 



James Mattheivson, Conn Valley. Total, 15 acres; all in bearing; soil loam; vineyard 

 upland; crop, 17 tons. 



E. Musgrove, Conn Valley. Total, 30 acres; all in bearing; soil loam; vineyard upland; 

 exposure west and south; crop 40 tons. 



M. Payne, Conn Valley. Total, 20 acres; all in bearing; soil loam; vineyard upland; 

 crop, 25 tons. 



H. Reiman, Conn Valley. Total, 25 acres; all in bearing; infested by phylloxera, 5 acres; 

 Chasselas Fontainebleau has proved most resistant of European vines; crop, 25 tons; 

 cooperage, 21,000 gallons, all of which is redwood. 



This vineyard is situated in the center of Conn Valley. Phylloxera is getting in its 

 deadly work here, and in a few years the vines will all be gone. 



Tubbs & Hall, Conn Valley. Total, 90 acres; all in bearing; will replant 4 acres; soil 

 loam; vineyard upland, exposure west and south; crop, 214 tons; cooperage, 60,000 gal- 

 lons, of which 30,000 is oak and 30,000 is redwood. 



There is no phylloxera acknowledged in the upper end of Conn Valley, but there is a 

 great deal in the lower or south end. 



E. Walters, Conn Valley. Total, 30 acres; in bearing, 25 acres; will replant 4 acres; 

 infested by phylloxera, 10 acres, of which 4 acres are good for only one crop more; crop, 

 35 tons. 



Weston Bros., Conn Valley. Total 12 acres; in bearing, 10 acres; infested by phylloxera, 

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

 exposure west and south; Chasselas Fontainebleau has proved most resistant of Euro- 

 pean vines; crop, 6 tons. 



This vineyard is going fast. 



