568 [ THE VINE. 



Island. Steps were taken to propagate the plants of 

 Vitis Berlandieri existing at San Antonio and Boschetto, 

 which were raised from seed in 1910, and six well known 

 hybrids suitable for grafting stock were introduced and 

 planted in December 1919. These hybrids are Rupestris 

 du Lot, Aramon- Rupestris Ganzin No. i, Berlandieri- 

 Riparia 34 Ecole of Foez, Berlandieri- Riparia 157-11, 

 Chasselas-Berlandieri 416 and Berlandieri- Riparia 42OA. 

 The first three were introduced tentatively in small 

 quantities, Rupestris du Lot and Aramon- Rupestris 

 Ganzin No. i being specially suitable for poor clayey 

 soils, but the last three were imported in bulk being 

 generally recognized as the best for very calcareous soils, 

 and warm and dry climates. 



Berlandieri- Riparia 157-11 of Couderc and Chas- 

 selas-Berlandieri 4iB of Millardet and De Grasset are 

 recommendable for fairly deep soils of whatever nature, 

 and Berlandieri- Riparia 42OA of Millardet and De 

 Grasset is specially recommended for light, shallow and 

 dry soils, such as are commonly met with along the 

 slopes of hills in both Islands. 



All hybrids of Berlandieri partake more or less of 

 the only drawback presented by that most useful vine, 

 that is they are somewhat slow to strike root from cut- 

 tings, and this defect is more marked in Chasselas- 

 Berlandieri 4 IB and in Berlandieri- Riparia 42OA, hence 

 it is recommended to plant cuttings of these hybrids in 

 nursery-beds where they can be tended more easily, and 

 also watered if the weather is too dry in spring. The 

 rooted cuttings can be taken up and grafted in the 

 following winter or may be planted directly in their final 

 quarters to be grafted in the following year. 



There are at San Antonio several types of Vitis 

 Berlandieri grown from seed sown in 1910, one or two 

 producing abundantly the characteristic small bunches of 



