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mountains, wherever a spot could be found congenial to 

 the vine, and not too difficult to reach. Among the 

 leading producers in this beautiful valley are G. Groez- 

 inger, Yountville, with several hundred acres in bearing, 

 H. W. Crabb, Oakville, three hundred and fifty acres, 

 G. Niebaum, Kutherford, Chas. Krug, Mrs. J. 0. Wein- 

 berger, Wm. Scheffler, Beringer Bros. , and others. The 

 total amount of wine made in sixty -four cellars last year 

 in Napa County, was two million six hundred and forty- 

 five thousand one hundred gallons. I have no data for 

 Sonoma County for that year. Its product in 1880 was 

 estimated by the commissioner of that district, Mr. J. de 

 Turk, one of the heaviest producers and wine makers, at 

 two million one hundred and eighty thousand gallons, 

 and the number of acres of bearing vines at seven thou- 

 sand, with three thousand not bearing. Mr. L. J. Eose, 

 commissioner of the Los Angeles district, estimates the 

 yield for the same year at three million eight hundred 

 thousand gallons for the district, and the value of it over 

 a million of dollars. Mr. Arpad Haraszthy, President of 

 the Board, estimates the wine yield of the year 1880 at 

 between ten and twelve million gallons, and its value at 

 three million three hundred and twelve thousand five 

 hundred dollars. Since that time, immense plantings 

 have been made, but I can find no data upon which to 

 base an estimate of the increased yield. As the general 

 yield of the crop is light this year, it may be safe to esti- 

 mate it at about the same as in 1880, though it should 

 be at least one-fourth larger, were the crop the same, and 

 should we have as abundant a crop in 1883 as in 1880, 

 the entire production of the State, would come up to 

 twenty million gallons. It is very much to be regretted 

 that we have no later estimates, and it would seem that, * 

 if they could be made in 1880, they could be made in 

 the following years. Such, however, seems not to be the 

 case, although the efforts of Mr. Gardner, editor of the 



