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vines, which, latter have since offered a perfect resistance 

 to the attacks of the phylloxera. 



"In the same district another property was found 

 where the vines, which were of a French variety, had 

 been grafted either on the Lenoir, Clinton, Taylor, or 

 Riparia, and were in a splendid state of vegetation, with 

 an abundant appearance of fruit. 



" Similar accounts are given as to a number of other 

 properties visited on this and the succeeding days, as to 

 which M. Lalande remarks: ' It does not appear neces- 

 sary to give a detailed account of all we have been able 

 to observe. We limit ourselves, therefore, to remarking 

 that, after having seen numerous specimens of all varie- 

 ties of American vines introduced into France, we have 

 especially noticed some Lenoir and Herbert) ont vines as 

 presenting a magnificent appearance, with a fair quantity 

 of fruit, although, it should be stated, much less so than 

 was to be found where French vines had been grafted on 

 American stocks.' As a proof of this fact, some par- 

 ticulars are given of a property in the neighborhood of 

 Montpelier, where all the French vines had been de- 

 stroyed by the phylloxera. Here some two hundred acres 

 had been replanted a few years previously with the 

 American vine called Riparia, and these had been subse- 

 quently grafted with French vines. The results in this 

 case were splendid, the vegetation being very fine, and 

 the quantity of fruit enormous, in fact, all the vines 

 v r ere loaded with magnificent grapes, and these extremely 

 well formed, so much so that the production had in- 

 creased by half as much again per acre on the original 

 yield. 



" Very much the same results were observed on the last 

 day of the journey, when visiting the extensive vineyards 

 of the Duchess Fitz James. This lady has given much 

 attention to the question of the advantages to be derived 

 from replanting with American vines, and an article con- 



