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PREFACE. 



In writing this booklet it is not my aim to give anything that 

 can be found in other works of ,a similar nature or the current agri- 

 cultural periodicals, but shall try to explain, as much as my poor 

 ability as a scribe allows me, the ideas and methods which have 

 proved valuable in my own viticultural practice. 



Although in the choice and treatment of varieties of grapes my 

 suggestions pertain principally to coast regions of northern Califor- 

 nia ; I believe that viticulturists living in interior localities will be 

 assisted by them in the improvement of their own practices and in 

 the selection of better varieties adapted to their own local condi- 

 tions. 



In regard to my explanation of the California vine disease 

 question, I shall let that part of the book speak for itself, and it 

 would be untimely for me to make any further comments on it. I 

 shall leave this to the intelligence and fairness of the California vine 

 growers to decide whether I ^a.m right or not in my conclusions. 



Wrights, CaL, March 1, 1904. H. HOOPS. 



