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And it forces us to the conclusion that, in soils conducive 

 to chlorosis, the reconstitution should be made with rooted 

 grafts. As the grafted cuttings of Berlandieri succeed as 

 well as the freely-rooting grafting stocks (as we shall see 

 later on), the reconstitution by this species in most of the 

 chalky and marly soils seems actually certain. 



The Berlandieri therefore resists chlorosis after grafting 

 and if, exceptionally, chlorosis appears at the first or 

 second year in the most calcareous soils, it is only tran- 

 sient and of no importance, and, as we have already pointed 

 out in the first part, it does not become manifest after the 

 fourth year. But it is absolutely necessary, and we insist on 

 this point, that Berlandieri stocks be selected of the greatest 

 vigour. The failures resulting in certain districts from 

 slender, slightly vigorous Berlandieris were foreseen; this, 

 however, does not minimize the value of the vigorous forms 

 of this species for chalky soils. 



The V. Berlandieri is a remarkable species for its grafting 

 facility, and for the productivity of the graft? which it carries. 

 Several European vines have been tried on it Carignane, 

 Aramon, Aspiran, Folle-Blanche, Cabernets, Merlot, Cinsaut, 

 Pinot, etc. and have all done well. No difference in size 

 between the stock and the scion has been produced. Thus, 

 at J. E. Planchon's, the Berlandieri planted on soils of the 

 Quaternary tufa in 1880, grafted in 1882 with various 

 varieties, had, in 1895, a very great vigour, and the stock 

 had a larger diameter than the scion. It is the same at 

 Mas de las Sorres, where the oldest grafted Berlandieris 

 exist in rich slightly calcareous soils (grafted for nineteen 

 years on two year old stocks), and which are of all the 

 grafted American vines giving the greatest yield for the 

 same scion. The same again is observed at Macquin's, 

 Saint-Emilion, in the environs of Cognac, at the School of 

 Agriculture, Montpellier; at Verneuil's in the Grande 

 Champagne of Cognac, Frappin's of Segonzac, etc. From 

 the points of view of perfection of knitting, affinity, and fine 

 growth and fructification of the grafts, the Berlandieri is a 

 remarkable grafting stock. The earliness of the maturity of 

 the grafts on Berlandieri is comparable at Las Sorres and at 

 the School of Agriculture, Montpellier, to those of Riparia 

 grafts.* 



* See in the chapter on Grafting the figures for comparative yields of Berlan- 

 dieri and several other grafting stocks obtained at Las Sorres. 



