WINK-MAKING IN CALIFORNIA. &> 



be placed under reasonably normal conditions of existence, it 

 survives the loss so caused without any sensible effect either 

 upon its general appearance or, what is most important, its 

 productiveness. It goes without saying that the Californica^ 

 like any other vine, may be planted in the wrong place, where 

 its half-starved roots become hardened, and instead of yield- 

 ing so as to render deformation impossible, will curve and 

 curl, and finally die and decay. 



Among the many instances in which the Californica has 

 satisfactorily shown its resistance to the phylloxera when 

 planted on appropriate soils, may be mentioned that on the 

 University grounds, where grafted seedlings, planted in 1882 

 in the holes from which badly infested stocks had just been 

 taken, have ever since maintained a vigorous growth and 

 abundant bearing. Also that of Mr. M. Thurber, in Pleas- 

 ant's Valley, to whom, in 1882, some grafted Californica 

 seedlings were sent from the University, for trial on his in- 

 fested ground. They were planted among Viniferas dying 

 from the attack of the phylloxera, that have since been re- 

 moved. - The vines on Californica roots, according to his 

 statement made to Mr. W. G. Klee, are to-day vigorous and 

 bearing heavily. With such facts before us, cases of reported 

 failures require careful sifting before any conclusions are 

 based upon them. 



The Californica is very liable to mildew, and it is probably 

 from this cause that it is but rarely found on the coastward 

 slope of the coast ranges, which are much exposed to the sea- 

 fogs. There is, however, no difficulty in protecting it by 

 repeated sulphuring up to the time of grafting. 



Vitis Arizonica, the wild grapevine of Arizona and Sonora, 

 resembles somewhat the Californica in its general appearance 

 and habits of growth. The leaves, however, are uniformly 

 smaller and lighter colored, and more glossy ; the wood is of 

 a light-gray tint, and the branches are very numerous and 



