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Rupestris varieties, but unless it shows marked superiority in some 

 other way the others are to be preferred on account of their superior 

 phylloxera-resistant qualities and the greater ease with which they 

 root. The suggestion that Rupestris St. George is resistant to the 

 Anaheim disease is certainly premature when based upon its behavior 

 in the Santa Clara Valley, in view of the fact that the presence of that 

 disease in the valley is more than doubtful, for even Mr. Pierce, the 

 acknowledged authority on this disease, after making an examination 

 of the afflicted vineyards, says in the "California Fruit-Grower" of 

 July 27, 1901, that he "will not express an opinion at this time as to 

 the presence or absence of the California (Anaheim) vine disease in this 

 district." 



FREDERIC T. BIOLETTI. 



E. H. TWIGHT. 



