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Mr. Wheeler states further that Lenoir gives late ripening and 

 low sugar with all varieties, that the same varieties on St. George 

 ripen about two weeks earlier and attain from 1% to 3% more sugar. 

 These varieties on Riparia ripen still earlier (1 to 2 weeks) and attain 

 1% to 2% more sugar than on St. George. This corroborates the 

 experience on the St. Helena plot. 



Or abb's Black Burgundy (Refosco) and Petite Sirah are said to 

 fail occasionally on St. George, but a second graft on the same stock 

 usually takes. This simply indicates a slight difficulty in grafting, 

 and not necessarily any lack of affinity. 



Fred S. Ewer, Rutherford. 



Mr. Ewer finds the Lenoir a very satisfactory stock, as is shown 

 by the following extract from a letter which he kindly wrote: 



I would like to say, on the start, that my knowledge of the different resistant 

 stocks (except Lenoir) is so limited that I shall not attempt to say much about any 

 other than the Lenoir. 



I have tried only three different resistants in all, Riparia, Rupestris St. George, 

 and Lenoir, and all grafting on same was field work, as I have never been a believer 

 in bench work for our place, believing we could get a vineyard quicker with the field 

 grafting, and the little bench grafting I have done has proved it to my entire 

 satisfaction. 



The Riparia was a total failure with us at Rutherford, and a partial success at 

 our small vineyard at St. Helena. We planted 3,000 Rupestris in vineyard, and 

 grafted them at one year old, and only got a stand of 30%, where with the Lenoir 

 we nearly always got from 90% to 95% of a stand, so you can easily see why I 

 favor the Lenoir. 



Under certain conditions, such as soil, climate, moisture, etc., I am inclined to 

 think, from the experience of others, that the Rupestris is better than the Lenoir. 

 but not for our place. 



My preference for the Lenoir, summed up briefly, is as follows, viz. : Vigorous 

 growers, ease of taking the graft, fine union, and few, if any, suckers, if properly 

 prepared before planting. 



I will say that as regards the bearing of the different varieties on resistant stock. 

 I believe we get a better crop and more sugar now than we used to on the vinifera ; 

 that is to say, on all varieties we have, such as Chas. Font, Golden Chasselas. 

 Semillon, Sauvignon vert. Traminer, Burger of the white varieties, and Crabb's 

 Black Burgundy, Alicante Bouschet, Petite Sirah, Beclan, and a few Zinfandel 

 of the reds. 



I have Petite Sirah grafted on Lenoir fourteen years old, and growing strong and 

 vigorous, and bearing good crops every year. I wish you could see the crop of 

 grapes on them now ; it looks like eight tons to the acre. 



I believe I am the only person in this county who has grafted any Muscat on 

 Lenoir, and my foreman said the other day there were more grapes on the vines 

 than leaves, showing that the Muscat will do well on Lenoir ; they are now eight 

 years old and doing well. 



It should be noted that the soil of Mr. Ewer's vineyard is very 

 deep, rich, and liable to become very wet in the winter. These con- 

 ditions are very favorable to the growth of new roots, and, to 

 some extent, unfavorable to the Phylloxera. This is shown by the fact 

 that some Zinfandel vines, on their own roots, are still bearing good 



