TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 

 INTRODUCTORY NOTE 8 



PHYLLOXERA: Natural habitat; Evolution of, and resistant vines; Introduc- 

 tion into Europe 9 



REMEDIES FOR THE PHYLLOXERA _ 10 



Insecticide: Extinction treatment 10 



Submersion: Nature of the soil; Depth and duration ; Dangers _. 11 



Plantations in Sand 12 



Resistant Vines: Replanting of European vines; Influence on growth and 

 crop ; Influence on quality of wine ; Extra expense ; Discovery of the resist- 

 ance of American vines ; First attempts at planting ; Species and varieties ; 

 Vitis Riparia and Rupestris ; Selection ; Cause of failure ; Hybrids and direct 



producers; Standard of resistance _ _ 12-22 



Character of Lands for Resistant Vines : Calcareous soil ; Compactness ; Humid- 

 ity; Fertility; Preparation of the ground; Deep culture _._ 24 



QUARANTINE AND DISINFECTION 25 



DESCRIPTION OF RESISTANT VINES V. Rupestris; V. Riparia; Lenoir; 



Herbemont; Solonis; V. Doaniana; V. Calif ornica; V. Arizonica 26 



GRAFTING Systems of English ; Cleft ; Ligatures ; Time for grafting ; Cutting 



off of roots ; Care of grafting vines ; Choice and preservation of scions 37 



Grafting on cuttings ; Heeling in ^ 49 



NURSERIES Choice and preparation of soils ; Planting ; Care of ; Transplanting. 50-54 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Photograph of non-selected and selected vines of the same age, growing side by side 

 in the vineyard of John Swett, Martinez, Cal. 



Fig. 1. Showing the formation of callus on a scion cut for a cleft-graft. 



2. Stock and scion ready for a whip-graft, for grafting of cuttings on small vines. 



3. Manner of cutting scion. 



4. Respective positions of parallel cuts in scion and stock of cleft-graft. 

 5, 6. Ordinary cleft-graft on old vine. 



7. The scion cut for a cleft-graft. 



8. Manner of using rafna on a cutting whip-graft. 



9. Manner of using raffia when lead strips are used. 



10. Nursery of grafted cuttings, showing method of planting and banking. 



11. A six-year-old vine, badly grafted, perishing from phylloxera on roots from scion- 



12. Old grafted vine, showing almost normal difference between size of stock and 



scion. 



