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claiming that I could have done so. Now, when my task 

 draws to its close, I ask their kind indulgence; to them I 

 must leave it whether it has been done well or ill. I can 

 only say that I have tried my best to be useful to them and 

 to the industry at large. 



I cannot close these remarks without grateful acknowledg- 

 ments to those who have aided so materially, by their work- 

 ings and contributions, and without whose help my task 

 would have been infinitely more difficult. I have drawn 

 freely from the bulletins and report of viticultural work of 

 Professor Hilgard of our State University, from the reports of 

 our State Board of Viticulture, the valuable work of Mr. E. 

 H. Rixford -''The Wine Press and the Cellar," from the 

 ampelographic dictionary of Prof. Hermann Goethe, and the 

 writings of Mr. Chas. A. Wetmore. I am also indebted for 

 courtesies and valuable information to Mr. J. H. Wheeler, 

 our present chief viticultural officer, to Mr. C. J, Wetmore, the 

 Secretary of the State Board, Mr. W. B. West, of Stockton, 

 Cal., Mr. Horatio P. Livermore, Mr. H. W. Crabb, Mr. 

 Charles Krug, Mr. J. W. Hale, Superintendent Barton Vine- 

 yard at Fresno, E. M. Maslin, Secretary State Board of 

 Equalization; Mr. M. Denicke, Fresno ; Mr. Juan Gallegos, 

 Mission San Jose; Capt. J. W. Mclntyre, Vina; Mr. Shackle- 

 ford, Vina; Mr. Smith, Vina; Mr. D. M. Cashin, Secretary 

 of California Winery and Security Co., Mr. Julius Dresel, of 

 Sonoma, and many others. I only regret that I could not 

 elicit a single satisfactory answer responding to requests for 

 information from Los Angeles, as I was anxious to have the 

 whole State represented. But the reply from all was, that 

 they had no time to give the necessary information. So, if 

 my information from there should prove meager and incorrect, . 

 I must lay the blame at their door, as it was certainly my 

 desire to give full and true information. 



To the press of the State in general, and especially our 



