26 Vinifira Trials 



the first winter. Most of those that survived grew readily 

 the first half of the second summer, by which time, being unsprayed, 

 the foliage was badly damaged by rot. In a few instances they 

 grew three years and produced fruit of good quality, but by this 

 time they became infected with phylloxera and soon died. 



In 1914 some vinifera wood was grafted on wild vines by Neil 

 Martin, near Bon Aqua, Tennessee, which took readily and made 

 good growth. The second year some fruit was produced but 

 being unsprayed the foliage became diseased. Unfortunately 

 they had been grafted on slow growing vines, and the vinifera 

 grew so much more rapidly than the vine on which they grew 

 that they broke off in a wind storm and this experiment 

 came to an untimely end. 



In 1918 the appended list of vinifera grapes were obtained 

 from the United States Department of Agriculture. They were 

 sent from Chico, California, and did not arrive in good condition. 

 Some of the roots were very dry. All were planted on a slight 

 southwestern exposure on heavy clay soil, together with over a 

 hundred American varieties. The season proved unusually dry. 

 and many of the plants failed to grow. These were replaced the 

 next spring, but a second even more severe and prolonged drouth 

 prevented their growing well. The drought was so severe that 

 the grapes withered on well established Lutie and Concord vines, 

 and a number of six-year-old Lutie vines and three six-year-old 

 Concord vines died outright. The unusually cold 

 winter of 1919-20 following this drought killed most of the 

 remaining vines together with nearly a hundred vines of various 

 American varieties of the same age. It is felt that this experiment 

 failed to show these grapes under normal conditions, yet several 

 vines produced a few bunches of first class grapes, entirely free 

 from mildew, rot, or other disease the second season. New set- 

 tings under normal conditions are thriving, but are not old enough 

 to produce fruit. All of these are grafted vines. 



List of vinifera grapes planted on trial vineyard near Madison, 

 Tennessee, in 1918. Only one vine of each was planted. 



Variety Slock 



Alexandria Joly 



Angelina Mont. 'x Rip. 



Albardiens Rup. St. George 



Aramon Mont, x Rip. 



Burger Constantia 



Black Morocco Rup. St. George 



Bokator Constantia 

 Blauer Portugieser Constantia 



