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much was expected from it at first. Vine-growers thought 

 it would make an excellent wine, capable of competing on 

 the French mar- 

 ket, that it would 

 be a universal 

 grafting stock, 

 and alone would 

 suffice for all the 

 needs of recon- 

 stitution of our 

 vineyards. Un- 

 fortunately, ul- 

 though it gives a 

 wine remarkable 

 for its colour 

 and alcoholic 

 strength, it has 

 not been used 

 much as a direct 

 producer, on ac- 

 count of its small 

 yield and its 

 peculiar taste. 

 However, many 

 small growers of 

 the Drome and 

 Ardeche, plant 

 it on trellises 

 around their 

 houses to make 

 their annual 

 stock of wine for 

 home consump- 

 tion. Although 

 it roots freely 

 from cuttings, 

 and gives a very 

 good union when 



f rafted, it has 

 een discarded 

 on account of 

 .the difficulty of 

 adaptation to soils, and above all on account of its small 

 resistance to phylloxera, which is only 8. 



17. -Leaves of Clinton (after M. Mazade). 



