72 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



restore force and vigor, will be welcomed and give Con- 

 necticut a place amongst the wine producing States of the 

 Union. 



Wine-making is an art which requires a long training, 

 and not unless a man has been brought up with it from youth 

 is there any chance to attain the perfection of the French 

 wine producers. 



These samples are from a few hundred gallons made in 

 1895 ^^^ 1897, when residing in Waterbury, and have had 

 ever since the best of care, being racked off every three 

 months. They are the natural result of well-regulated 

 fermentation and of vigilant and constant care. Natu- 

 rally, if better grapes were grown, say some of T. V. 

 Munsons new varieties or other, it would be possible to 

 perfect the quality. To attain this I had started a small 

 vineyard in Waterbury for the testing of new varieties like 

 Eumelan, Black Madeira, T. V. Munson. Elvira No. 100, 

 and have succeeded in making five gallons, which is two 

 young a wine to bring before you, but at another meeting 

 will bring samples of same. It is a mixture of different 

 varieties of grapes. 



Mr. Charles Leigey of Berlin, another extensive grape 

 grower, seconded the remarks of Mr. Bernhard, and 

 declared that wines can be produced in this State equal to 

 those of California and even Europe. 



A very valuable paper was next read by Professor A. 

 G. GuUey, Horticulturist at the Connecticut Agricultural 

 College, entitled : 



THE RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF STOCK AND CION. 



By Professor A. G. Gulley, Storrs. 



This paper, while containing many notes from the 

 writer's experience, will also be largely a compilation of 

 the effects noted by other observers widely spread, using 

 only those that seem authentic. It may be truthfully said 

 that many experiments in all the lines mentioned have 

 been made and no such results noted. Yet if our case is 



