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thin, with a tendency to the formation of long terminal run- 

 ners. In rapidity of growth it seems to be nearly or quite 

 equal to the California, and quite its equal in resistance to 

 the phylloxera, as well as to drought. It is subject to mildew 

 nearly as much as the former. Its roots, also, seek the depths 

 "of the soil before branching, and the stock is stout and 

 easily grafted. From experience had at the University, it 

 deserves more attention than has heretofore been bestowed 

 upon it. 



SPECIAL ADAPTATIONS OF THE SEVERAL RESISTANT STOCKS. 



There is no reason why, in grafting grapevines, as great care 

 should not be exercised in the selection of stocks adapted to 

 the soil, and to the variety to be desired for bearing purposes 

 as is done by orchardists here and elsewhere. 



Just as every intelligent fruit grower will carefully consider 

 when planting an orchard, what will be the stocks best 

 adapted to his soil and locality, so the grape-grower must con- 

 sider, so far as experience or other considerations can forecast 

 it, which among the resistant grape stocks will be likely to do 

 best in his vineyard. An improper choice will be just as 

 fatal to success in one case as in the other; there is no one 

 stock that is adapted to all cases. It is not a little singular 

 that in this, as well as in some other points in the treatment 

 of the vine and of its products, there should be a tendency to 

 think of it as an exception to the general rules that govern in 

 "the treatment of other fruits; so that a sort of wholesale rule- 

 of-thumb is applied to it that would be scouted in other cases 

 by the same persons. It has been claimed that not only the 

 -resistance of the California!! and other wild American stocks 

 to the phylloxera has not been well proven, but that no per- 

 fect union between the Vinifera graft and the Calijornica stock 

 is formed, and that the graft is liable to be blown over at any 

 time; and finally, that if successfully grafted, there is no proof 



