WINE-MAKING IN CALIFORNIA. 97 



their large pith. Of the Rupestris cuttings planted at the 

 same time, few reached the thickness of half an inch, and 

 many appeared no thicker than when planted, three years be- 

 fore, except that they had at the top a short head, like that of 

 an old short-pruned stock, but too short to be of any use in 

 making the graft. 



In this case, however, all the conditions were most favorable 

 to the Calif ornica stock, as observed on the wild vine on its 

 own ground. The soil is a medium to very heavy adobe, 

 fairly to highly calcareous, and of a depth of several feet, under- 

 laid by a gravelly "cement" and finally by a sandy substratum. 

 Analysis shows it to be rich in potash, phosphates, and humus, 

 .and the experience of Mr. John Gallegos has shown it to be 

 specially adapted to the production of heavy-bodied and 

 -deep-tinted red wines. The case is quite analogous to that 

 observed in the Sonoma Mountains, as quoted above. 



A prominent case of remarkable "push" on the part of the 

 California wild stock is that reported by Mr. J. E. Packard of 

 Pomona, Los Angeles County, an account of which (pub- 

 lished in Bulletin No. 45 of the College of Agriculture, Octo- 

 ber 9, 1885) is given below. 



Bulletin No. 45. 



REMARKABLE GROWTH OF VINES. 



Scarcely more than two years ago Mr. Packard purchased, in differ- 

 ent locations, two tracts of land of 170 and 86 acres, and immediately 

 began the improvement of the same. The tract of land consisting of 

 170 acres is situated four miles northwest of Pomona, on ,the San Ber- 

 nardino road, and is of the very richest soil. Planting the main body 

 of the place to vines, the wild or native California grape was secured, 

 and this year grafted to Zinfandel, Burger, and Mataro varieties. The 

 growth made by the vines on this place is simply astonishing, as no 

 water whatever was used, and it is sale to assert that 98 per cent, of the 

 grafted vines are growing today, where, if cuttings hai been planted, 

 scarcely one-half would have lived. In many cases by actual measure- 

 ment, the canes are ten feet in length, and bunches of grapes weighing 



