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will be a help to the other. The danger to be feared by the grape- 

 growers of the Coast Ranges from the production of dry wine in the 

 interior is not competition, but lies in the bad reputation given to 

 California wines by the production of spoiled and inferior wines. If 

 the cheap wines of the valleys are uniformly good and sound the market 

 for the high-priced fine wines of the hills will increase, and large 

 quantities of the Coast Range wines will be used for blending with the 

 valley wines to give them the acidity, flavor, and freshness which they 

 lack. 



In order to obtain these results it is necessary that varieties suited to 

 each region and to the kind of wine should be planted. No variety 

 which is not capable of yielding from 5 to 8 tons per acre in the rich 

 valley soils or from 1-| to 3 tons on the hill slopes should be considered. 

 On the other hand, no variety which will not give a clean-tasting, 

 agreeable wine in the valley or a wine of high quality on the hills 

 should be planted, however heavily it may bear. To plant heavy- 

 bearing inferior varieties such as Burger, Feher Szagos, Charbono, or 

 Mataro on the hills of Napa or Santa Cruz is to throw away the chief 

 advantage of the location. The same is true of planting poor-bearing 

 varieties such as Verdelho, Chardonay, Pinot, or Cabernet Sauvignon 

 in the plains of the San Joaquin. 



With these considerations in view, the following suggestions are made 

 for planting in the chief regions of California: 



1. Vineyard for Sweet Wine in the Interior Valleys. 



RED. Proportion. WHITE. Proportion. 



Grenache \ Palomino.. _ & 



Alicante Bouschet Beba ._. \ 



Tinta Madeira i Boal J 



The Grenache and Alicante Bouschet are heavy bearers with short 

 pruning. The former naturally takes a port flavor and the latter 

 insures sufficient color. The Tinta Madeira, when pruned properly, 

 bears well and will increase the quality of the port wine. 



The Palomino is one of the heaviest and most regular bearers grown 

 in California and is peculiarly suited for sherry making. It is the 

 principal grape of the Spanish sherry district. The Beba bears nearly 

 or quite as well as the Palomino and is of rather better quality. Both 

 bear with short pruning. The Boal bears good crops and gives a sweet 

 wine of high quality. 



2. Vineyard for Dry Wine in the Interior Valleys. 



RED. Proportion. WHITE. Proportion. 



Valdepenas.. Burger & 



Lagrain J West's White Prolific | 



St. Macaire | Vernaccia Sarda 



The Valdepenas has been growing for nearly twenty years at the 

 Tulare Experiment Station, and has always given regular and good crops 



